Original French Mid- 19th Century 1st Battalion Foreign Legion Kepi - C. 1840 - Extremely Scarce French Ordnance which is marked on the

which is marked on the side with the maker mark AF

The box instructs people to keep its contents "cool and dry"

It has a very nice set of well worn walnut grips

and also is still in the original paper presentation packet

the first nuclear weapon ever used in combat

Original French Mid- 19th Century 1st Battalion Foreign Legion Kepi - C. 1840 - Extremely Scarce French Ordnance which is marked on theOriginal Item. Only One Available. The French had a history of employing regiments of foreign soldiers from an early date: such as Louis XI's creation of the Scottish Guards in the 15th century. Later kings, from Francois I to Louis XVI made use of both German and Swiss Regiments. Even after the Revolution, the National Assembly in June 1792 created a Foreign Volunteer Legion and in the Revolutionary Wars Dutch, Italian, and Polish soldiers were