A brevet d'état-major or stafbrevet, both literally "general staff brevet", is a form of military distinction in France and Belgium which denotes that an officer has completed a course at a military a
An example of the insignia worn by Belgian recipients of the BEM
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, often referred to as Saint-Cyr, is a French military academy. It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. French cadet officers are called saint
Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr, seat of the Academy from 1808 to 1940, now in Camp Coëtquidan.
Dormitory "Sébastopol" at Saint-Cyr, photographed by Jules David in 1886
A colonel, supervisor of the Cadets' studies, during the Bastille Day Military Parade.
The Color guard of Saint-Cyr.