Heres my ongoing attempt to complete the uniform of a French Infantryman of the first few months of war . Unlucky man tio have faced the machineguns wearing this, which hardly changed since the Crimea ! The 26th Regt collar patches are original , ive added them , wheras the cap was a barn find in Normandy . This i had to re build adding peak and patching over hugely mothed area . The numerals i made.

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