On the dresser, some memories shine in the gray light of winter: his sword, medals and pennants of regiments, including that of the Griffon commando that he created in 1960 during the Algerian war to carry out targeted actions. against the National Liberation Army (ALN).
With Brigadier General François Meyer who, at 87, has just been elevated to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, the highest French distinction, history can be read on the walls.
Hanging under a portrait of a light horse, a revolutionary-era hussar saber takes us through the campaign of 1792 and the first battles of young Bonaparte.
Almost everywhere, carefully folded, silk scarves printed in the colors of the cavalry are woven with Berber blankets and rugs woven by women from Orania.
Further on, an infantry officer's gorget that belonged to a grandfather, who left for Sevastopol to fight in Crimea against the Russia of Tsar Alexander II, comes out
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