"Help identifying a kepi..." Topic
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| Doug em4miniatures | 02 Jan 2016 3:27 a.m. PST |
My son-in-law bought me a kepi for Christmas – and it fits…! I'd like to know more about it. It looks french to me and has a grenade badge so I'm assuming a grenadier's hat but from when? Here's a couple of photos. Any info gratefully accepted:
Thanks Doug |
| Martin Rapier | 02 Jan 2016 3:41 a.m. PST |
I have a very similar kepi. I believe they are army surplus foreign legion kepis. |
| Reactionary | 02 Jan 2016 3:41 a.m. PST |
Looks like a Gendarmes Mobile Kepi to me, French Police. |
| Doug em4miniatures | 02 Jan 2016 5:55 a.m. PST |
Looks like a Gendarmes Mobile Kepi to me, French Police. Would they have the grenade badge? Doug |
| Henry Martini | 02 Jan 2016 6:34 a.m. PST |
They take policing very seriously in France. |
| freerangeegg | 02 Jan 2016 6:50 a.m. PST |
Yep it's french policemans kepi
I can't get the link to come over but if you put French police kepi into google it will give you a lovely selection of pictures of them. |
| Doug em4miniatures | 02 Jan 2016 7:14 a.m. PST |
Just had a link on another forum to a "pompier" (fireman) hat on ebay that looks exactly the same…
auction
although it also says "grandames" which I guess in a misspelling of "gendarmes" so maybe not an accurate description…! Doug |
| Martin Rapier | 02 Jan 2016 7:20 a.m. PST |
LOL, yes I looked on eBay for mine, where it came up as 'Foreign Legion'! But yes, I found some proper pictures and descriptions and the one with a big gold cross on the top is a Gendarme kepi. Mine is an Army one (with red edging). |
79thPA  | 02 Jan 2016 7:31 a.m. PST |
Yes, the grenade is the symbol of the national gendarme. link |
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