France Badge 516 Transport Regiment by Fraisse

France: Badge of the 516 Transport Regiment.
The badge is maker marked by Fraisse, Paris. 
The 516 Transport Regiment was formed in 1944 
in French North Africa, it participated in the 
Liberation of France, notably in the landing in 
Provence and in the advance of the units of the 
1st Army of General de Lattre de Tassigny to 
Germany.
It took part in the Indochina War (1947-1955). 
It was moved to Morocco until 1958 and took 
part in the Algerian War. It remained in Algeria 
until 1964.
The Regiment fought in the Gulf War (1991) 
and since then has not ceased to be engaged 
in all theaters of operation around the world: 
Cambodia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Republic of Côte 
d'Ivoire, Lebanon, Chad, Afghanistan, and 
more recently in Mali and in Central African 
Republic.
This is the type of the badge, issued during the 
Colonial Wars (1950s - 1960s).

Colonial Wars, 1950s - 1960s

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