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6Jan
The gendarme’s kepi
the kepi, introduced in 1861 and used by the French Army and National Gendarmerie, replaces the shako, headgear in the shape of a truncated cone with a visor. It is associated with the French because mainly carried in France.Its port has been in constant decline for about thirty years. It was [...]