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Institution des Invalides de la Legion Etrangère à Puyloubier Master corporal Sapper,3rd REI,parade dressing w/axe and white apron Stock Photo - Alamy
Tom Antonov on Twitter: "They wear the leather apron and the axe in memory of the old regiments in charge of carrying out the sapping operations during sieges. The wearing of a
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BayerischeStaatsoper on Twitter: "Yes, those axe-swinging guys are for real: They are based on parade uniforms of the French Foreign Legion pioneers #BSOsemiramide https://t.co/v9frZ2qFbm" / Twitter
![French foreign legion pioneers march during Bastille Day parade in Paris July 14, 2007. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (FRANCE Stock Photo - Alamy French foreign legion pioneers march during Bastille Day parade in Paris July 14, 2007. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (FRANCE Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/f906462ed36d41559e2d3312b08fb0eb/k8aahk.jpg)
French foreign legion pioneers march during Bastille Day parade in Paris July 14, 2007. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (FRANCE Stock Photo - Alamy
![Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade on July 14, 2021 in Paris. (Photo by Michel Euler/Pool via AFP Photo) - r/uniformporn Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade on July 14, 2021 in Paris. (Photo by Michel Euler/Pool via AFP Photo) - r/uniformporn](https://libredd.it/img/amukd3fc7ib71.jpg)
Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade on July 14, 2021 in Paris. (Photo by Michel Euler/Pool via AFP Photo) - r/uniformporn
![French Foreign legion pioneers with their traditional aprons and axes march down the Champs Elysees during the annual July 14 Bastille Day parade. [The ceremonies were marked by the participation of some French Foreign legion pioneers with their traditional aprons and axes march down the Champs Elysees during the annual July 14 Bastille Day parade. [The ceremonies were marked by the participation of some](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D5E342/french-foreign-legion-pioneers-with-their-traditional-aprons-and-axes-march-down-the-champs-elysees-during-the-annual-july-14-bastille-day-parade-the-ceremonies-were-marked-by-the-participation-of-some-of-visiting-king-hassan-s-moroccan-troops-2D5E342.jpg)
French Foreign legion pioneers with their traditional aprons and axes march down the Champs Elysees during the annual July 14 Bastille Day parade. [The ceremonies were marked by the participation of some
![Tom Antonov on Twitter: "They wear the leather apron and the axe in memory of the old regiments in charge of carrying out the sapping operations during sieges. The wearing of a Tom Antonov on Twitter: "They wear the leather apron and the axe in memory of the old regiments in charge of carrying out the sapping operations during sieges. The wearing of a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6AkSmXXIAIDpj5.jpg)