Red beret

In the symbolic system of the military Parachuting French, the beret amaranth or red beret weighs at least as heavy as the patent parachutist. He has value of decoration and underlines in an obvious way the affiliation of that which carries it.

It is decorated for the units metropolitan parachutists of the badge representing a Dextrochère emplumé tightening a sword points in top, in more for the Troupes of navy, in background an anchor of navy encâblée in opposite direction of that which the sailors of the Royale carry.

During the Second world war, the French parachutists of SAS, trained in Great Britain, carried the black beret, and the 1 {{er}} CCP, formed in North Africa, preserved the stone-block " blue louise" air force. All the British parachutists carried a beret amaranth on the initiative of their chief the Général Boy Browning ().

In November 1944, the French parachutists of SAS carried in their turn the beret amaranth with the course-badge (distinguished of beret) of SAS forsaking their black beret. The 2 {{E}} CCP ravelled with Paris, the November 11th, while carrying this hairstyle.

In 1945, only the 2nd CCP had retained the right to the port of the beret amaranth, right wide to Half-brigade SAS (not Coloniale, then) in 1946-1947.

Later, in 1951, the general of Lattre extended the port of the red beret to all the units parachutists being useful in Indo-China. This measurement was extended to the metropolitan parachutists, who carried the blue beret before sky, in 1957.

The beret amaranth is carried, since, by all the airborne units of the Army, except the 2 {{E}} REFERENCE MARK, which preserved the green beret of the Foreign legion.

Red beret

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