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Photos and documents of Colonel Royer.
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Lot no. 3277
Estimate: €200 - €300
Sale date : 12/06/2025 at 2:00 PM
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Photos and documents of Colonel Royer. Includes his album of more than 100 photos and a Christmas card from the Foreign Legion for 1948. Most of the photos were taken in North Africa during official ceremonies with numerous generals and awards ceremonies. Only one photo was taken in Indochina. The cover of the album is made of leather and features two legionnaires in embossed leather, while the back features the insignia and motto of the Legion: Honour, Fidelity, Valour, Discipline. Some fifty photos taken during his stay in Indochina during operations, including a number of name graves, an Indochinese photographer's folder, and a folder of more than twenty photos of the siege of Caobang, all annotated on the back, showing legionnaires and Annamites killed. A photo pocket containing six annotated photos of the Guangnyen operation in April 1948. A series of seven photos of operations in the rice fields of Thatkhe. Seven photos of officers of the 3rd REI. Some fifteen photos of Sidi Brahim in September 1954. About fifteen photos taken in Algeria with officers. Two orders of the day of the 17th BCP. Two letters sent to Colonel Royer in November 1954, and a telegram sent in December 1942 while he was at the Limoges War Commissariat. Approximately 300 photo negatives from the 1950s are included, including several photographs taken in Indochina, North Africa and Germany. Colonel Royer photos and documents. Leatherbound album with over 100 photos and 1948 Foreign Legion Christmas card most photos taken in North Africa during official ceremonies with many generals and medal presentations one photo from Indochina. Album cover embossed with two legionnaires reverse with Legion motto "Honneur Fidélité Valeur Discipline." About fifty photos from Indochina operations including identified graves one Indochinese photographer's sleeve twenty photos from the siege of Cao Bang all annotated showing legionnaires and Annamites killed six photos of Operation Guangnyen April 1948 seven ricefield operations at That Khe seven officer group photos 3rd REI fifteen photos of Sidi Brahim September 1954 fifteen from Algeria with officers two 17th BCP orders two letters to Colonel Royer November 1954 one telegram December 1942 from War Commissariat Limoges about 300 negatives 1950s including shots from Indochina North Africa and Germany.
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