1ST PARACHUTE HUSSARS REGIMENT, BADGE, FRENCH ARMY, HALLMARKED, DRAGO

INSIGNE 1° R.H.P BERCHENY HUSSARDS PARACHUTISTES BOUSSEMART FFA ALLEMAGNE

This Regiment originated in 1720 when the exiled Hungarian Count Ladislaus Bercseny (French Spelling Bercheny) was given premission by the King of France to raise a Hussars Regiment. The Insignia shows the Coat of Arms of the Count, which was later to become Marshal of France.