French Foreign Legion 1st Mounted Saharan Squadron pocket badge

On January 1, 1961, the 1st Mounted Saharan Company of the Legion (French: 1re Compagnie Saharienne Portée de la Légion, 1re CSPL) became the 1st Mounted Saharan Squadron of the Foreign Legion (French: 1er Escadron Saharien Porté de la Légion Etrangère, 1er ESPLE).
Equipped with light armor (French: Véhicule militaire blindé), the squadron was assimilated to a unit of the Armored Corps (French: Arme blindée et cavalerie) within armament.
The squadron was dissolved and integrated into the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) on March 1, 1963, the date in which the integrated squadron became the regiment's 7th mounted company (French: 7e compagnie portée).