1st regiment of spahis Moroccan

The 1 regiment of spahis Moroccan is a unit of the French Army.

It received the Fourragère S with the colors of:

the Military decoration with olives Military Cross 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
Military Cross of the TOE
Order of the Release (allotted to the 1st RMSM)

Armistice of June 22nd, 1940 to the release, its history is in fact that of 2 regiments (1st RSM and 1 {{er}} RMSM) which were a time in opposing sides and which clashed in Syria)

Badge of the 1st regiment of spahis Moroccan

Heraldic

Significance

Spahi can mean “riding free”.

Currency of the 1st regiment of spahis Moroccan

and by St Georges, the cavalry lives!
and by Yussuf the SPAHIS live!
and by Lyautey the 1er
lives TO FACE

Flag of the regiment

It is decorated with:

Ordre of the Release
Military Cross 1914-1918 with five palms
Military Cross 1939-1945 with two palms
Military Cross of the TOE with four palms
military Mérite of the sherifs
Serb Ordre of Kara-Georges of the 4th rank with swords
Serb Military Cross with a mention in dispatches
Ordre rournain of saint Michel
the Presidential Links Quotation

It carries the inscriptions:

the MARNE 1914
POGRADEC 1917
SKUMBI 1917
BOFNIA 1918
USKUB 1918 (current Skopje)
the DANUBE 1918
RAISING 1920-1927
ERYTHREE 1941
EL ALAMEIN 1942
TUNISIA 1943
PARIS 1944
STRASBOURG 1944

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