I Have This Old Gun: French Model 1935A. by ... a Swiss engineer who, in a busy early life had, among other endeavors, served as an officer in the French Foreign Legion. His pistol was a handy, ...

Every time the French political system changed, the Ordre royal de la Legion d'Honneur had to adapt, but it retained its central characteristics. In August 1851 the first woman, Marie-Angelique Brulon ...