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France, Colonies, 1896
From: THE VINKHUIJZEN COLLECTION OF MILITARY UNIFORMS, located in the THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
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France, Colonies, 1896
From: THE VINKHUIJZEN COLLECTION OF MILITARY UNIFORMS, located in the THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
“Syria: A Big French Army Guards Near East’s Crossroads.” LIFE Magazine. Vol. 8, No. 21. May 20, 1940. Pages 86-93. --- Polyglot French Army of the Levant Makes A Formidable Fighting Machine --- North Africans Like The Near East --- She-Camels Carry The Desert Cavalry --- Meharists of Weygand’s Army [Very fawning profile of France’s colonial empire in Syrian and Lebanon and the colonial army]
Spahis
Spahi’s 1914.
Spahi, 1910.
Spahi, 1919, Julien Le Blant
Spahi at prayers, 1914.