France - Badge Foreign Legion 13. DBLE

The 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion (French: 13^e Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère, 13^e DBLE), was created in 1940 and was the main unit of the 1st Free French Division, Free French Forces (FFL). From the coast of Norway to Bir Hakeim, to Africa then the Alsace, while passing by Syria and Italy, the 13th Demi-Brigade would be part of most of the major campaigns of armed forces of France during the Second World War.

After having been engaged in Indochina from 1946 to 1954, the 13^e DBLE joined the Algerian War, and left in 1962. The 13^e DBLE was based until 2011 at Quartier-Général Monclar in Djibouti, in virtue of an accord between France and the Republic of Djibouti in 1977. During 2011, the unit moved to the United Arab Emirates. In 2016, the unit returned to France, based at the same camp where it was first formed (and took its designation on March 27, 1940) - Camp du Larzac.