Category Archives: Uniforms

Foreign Legion Coloring Pages

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Jack Wagner

I’m sure everyone has seen those adult coloring books at your department store checkout lanes or book kiosks.  I’m not talking about “adult” type of books with boobs but those coloring books designed for adults (or older children) to work … Continue reading →

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Some Benigni

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Jack Wagner

I found these color uniform prints recently at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library.  The artist is Pierre Benigni whose work on the Foreign Legion usually appears as black and white illustrations.  Many of his drawings appeared on the covers … Continue reading →

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Hodgepodge for May 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Sorry this is a couple days late–May was a very busy month and June is no different so I’ve had very little time for enjoyable things like blogging.  But anyway, here are some interesting and enjoyable things about the Foreign … Continue reading →

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The Old Foreign Legion 1831-1835 and its Uniforms

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Jack Wagner

Tradition, the fantastic French language magazine that showcases historical military uniforms, equipment and militaria (armes-uniformes-figurines) had a three part series back in 1997 that explored the founding of the French Foreign Legion and goes into detail about their uniforms and … Continue reading →

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Hi-Res Uniform Prints Part 4

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Jack Wagner

Here is an additional set of uniform prints from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.  These were all painted by French artist and illustrator Maurice Toussaint (September 1882 – December 1974).  Toussaint gained a solid reputation for his expertise in military … Continue reading →

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Hi-Res Uniform Prints Part 3

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Jack Wagner

These images again come from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.  These consists of watercolor works (aquarelles) from the brush of Pierre Albert Leroux.  His works on this site cover French soldiers from the Napoleonic era up until WWII.  The … Continue reading →

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Not-so High Res Uniform Prints

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Jack Wagner

Here are some downsized uniform pictures for those readers who really don’t want to download the massive image files in my previous two posts.  Foreign Legion Uniform Prints…. 2.  French Uniforms from Auguste Legras…

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Hi-Res Uniform Prints

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Jack Wagner

Here are some really nice uniform prints I recently found at the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.  This resource is not new to me and I may have posted some smaller versions of their illustrations in earlier posts.  The difference … Continue reading →

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Hachette Soldats de la Légion Etrangère

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Jack Wagner

(My next collecting obsession…)  Hachette produces an amazing line of collectable 54mm/1:32 figurines depicting the French Foreign Legion throughout history.  You may have seen them around–the first 32 figures in the series were produced by King and Country and the … Continue reading →

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Le Petit Journal Covers 5

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Jack Wagner

A quick post today as I conduct some spring cleaning of my digital file cabinets.  These pictures are some of the weekly covers of the French magazine Le Petit Journal from the late 1800’s to roughly 1914. They were found on … Continue reading →

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