page_title: Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers)
section_title: Tradition
hierarchical_section_title: Foreign Legion Pioneers (Pionniers) / Tradition
caption_attribution_description: Sapeur de la légion étrangère
context_page_description: The Pioneers of the French Foreign Legion are a "unit of tradition". They march at the head of Foreign Legion detachments during ceremonial parades. The Legion's Pioneers are bearded, wear buffalo leather aprons, and carry polished axes on their shoulders.
  The unit is the only one of its kind remaining in service in the French Army armed forces.
caption: A Pionniers Sapeurs of the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment 1er REI during 1970 with Medaille Militaire, Croix de la Valeur Militaire (2 palms and 2 stars), Médaille d'Outre-Mer (2 agrafes-clasps).
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