French Foreign Legion 64th Repair Company pocket badge
64e Compagnie de Reparation (Automobile de la Legion Etrangere) badge.
The company was created on the 1st December 1945 in Algeria and debarked for Indochina on the 6th February 1946. The company was based in NHA TRANG in South Annam and attached to the 2e REI. On the 1st May 1947 it became an autonomous comapny and left the administrative command of the 2e REI. The company was still based in NHA TRANG with sections operating in BAN ME THUOT, DALAT, PHAN THIET and PHAN RANG.
The badge was created in 1948 and was only in use until August 1949 when the company changed its name to become the (2 CRLE), The badge was made by Drago Paris 25 rue Beranger III with numbered and non numbered examples and silver examples for Officers.
Thanks to Andi Mitchell for the information
- Category Other units
- Wearing breast badge
- lightning, cogwheel, rifle, dragon, number, hand grenade, alphabet letter Picture components
- Caption 64 C.R
- Shape irregular
- Material
- Size × mm
- Maker DRAGO
- Period 1948 - 1949