FRANCE: Badge of the 3rd RPIMA (Marine Infantry
Parachute Regiment).
Inscribed "Etre et Durer (To Be and Last).
Official type by Drago of Paris, marked G445 on
the reverse.
This is a badge of the 1960s-1970s.
On leather fob.
The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment is
one of the airborne regiments of the French
Marines. It was established in 1948 as the "3rd
Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion". In
1952 it was renamed to "3rd Colonial Parachute
Regiment" and it adopted its current name in
1958. The regiment is part of the 11th Parachute
Brigade.
FULL SIZE
1960s-1970s
Item 100% original
Condition as on the photos
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