6e régiment d'infanterie battle-honour label (Éditions Delandre, about 1914-1917)
A stamp-sized label shows an eighteenth-century infantryman and a soldier of the First World War era flanking a column topped with a cockerel and inscribed with the regiment's name and four battle honours, among massed colours. The tell is the pairing of two uniforms and the honours list: the old regiment's prestige is pasted onto the present-day soldier.
- Date
- 1914
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Éditions Delandre (publisher)
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Stamp
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Viviani Government
- Leader
- Rene Viviani
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (French label published about 1914-1917; Commons PD-old-70-expired)
Éditions Delandre, via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
6e R' d'Infanterie BAUTZEN ALGER SEBASTOPOL SOLFERINO [artist's signature at lower left illegible]
6th Infantry Regiment / Bautzen / Algiers / Sebastopol / Solferino
