27e bataillon de chasseurs alpins
The 27e bataillon de chasseurs alpins is a Chasseurs alpins battalion of the French Army. It is a heavily decorated unit, whose members wear the fourragère of the Legion of Honour.
Insigne of the battalion
The chasseurs alpins are the elite mountain infantry force of the French Army. They are trained to operate in mountainous terrain and in urban warfare.
Chasseurs alpins during the Occupation of the Ruhr in Buer (now Gelsenkirchen), 1923.
Vichy-era recruitment poster for the 13th Battalion
Training of chasseurs alpins on the Mont Blanc massif.
13th Battalion in Chambéry (Savoie)