France Foreign Legion 2° Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie" Les Sous-Officiers" Pocket Crest

the crest is in near mint condition and made by J Y SEGALEN 2014 and serial number 795. The crest is from the 2nd strike.

The president of the sous-officiers du 2e REI, Major Houssin, designed and created an insignia for his fellow non-commissioned officers. The insignia was made by Arthus Bertrand Paris with 600 numbered examples.

In 2014 a second strike was made and issued to the sous-officiers of the regiment. It was made by J.Y. Segalen with an unknown number of numbered examples issued. However, the numbering of the Segalen model follows on sequentially from the Arthus Bertrand version.

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