Salaco Des Tirailleurs Indochinois Et Annamites, Third Republic. 28151

SALACO OF INDOCHINESE AND ANNAMITES TIRAILLEUREURS, Third Republic. 28151 Made up of a first frame of linked and braided bamboo strips, and a second covering the first, lighter and varnished on the external face, speckled with black dots. Structure internally reinforced with bamboo rods. Top topped with a brass plate with four lanceolate branches topped with a point. Wide red cotton canvas ribbon, slipped into two brass rings fixed to the structure by two pieces of brass. Soldier's number stamps, the reception commission dated 1913 and an assignment to "1st....", the rest of the mark not visible. Diameter 25.5 cm. France. Third Republic. Very good state. Note: The Tonkinese, Hanoi and Annamese riflemen from Saigon are indigenous troops from Indochina.