Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East

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Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
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The Law is harsh, but it is the Law

The Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East (French: Compagnie disciplinaire en Extrême-Orient, CDRE/EO) created on June 1, 1946, was the disciplinary company for serious French Foreign Legion offenders in the Far East. It was located on Tagne Island in Cam Ranh Bay.

Attached to the

Commando Jaubert
.

Insignia

Golden grenade with 7 flames, the bomb of the grenade carries the black letters « CD » (for (

Latin. In front of the flames is detached a white sail. The grenade with 7 flames is the symbol of the Legion; the white sail is that of a Junk ship
, which referred to the unit's location on an island, accessible to land only by boat; the inscription means : "The Law is harsh, but it is the Law," evoking the character of the unit. The insignia was created in 1947, by Captain Dutter, Commandant of the CDRE/EO.

References

  1. ^ Ulpian, Digesta Iustiniani, Roman Jurist of the 3rd century AD
  2. ^ Ulpian, Digesta Iustiniani, Roman Jurist of the 3rd century AD

Sources

  • Centre de documentation de la Légion étrangère

External links

  • CDRE/EO - History & images of the CDRE/EO