Index
Index
The153 Club
The Agades Cross
People of the Sahara
Saharan Landscapes
Saharan Salt Trade
The Gundi
Illizi Festival 2000
Sahara Freeze-up
Camel Cheese
153 News Update
Join the 153 Club
Père de Foucauld
L'Arbre du Ténéré
1
L'Arbre du Ténéré 2
Saharan Forts 1
Saharan Forts 2
Saharan Rock Art
Giraffe Engravings
Leo Africanus
Battuta's Saharan travels
Shabeni's Timbuktu
Timbuctoo the Mysterious
Heroditus & Pliny on Libya
Timbuktu, a poem
Joliba Trust
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 1
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 2
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 3
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 4
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 5
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 6
Old Michelin Maps
Early NW Africa Map 1
Early NW Africa Map 2
Early NW Africa Map 3
Early NW Africa Map 4
Early NW Africa Map 5
Saharan Exploration
Henry Barth 1
Henry Barth 2
Henry Barth 3
Denham & Clapperton 1
Denham & Clapperton 2
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 1
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 2
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 3
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 4
External Links
Jim
Mann Taylor's Home Page
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Index
Index
The153 Club
The Agades Cross
People of the Sahara
Saharan Landscapes
Books on the Sahara(1)
Books on the Sahara(2)
Books on African Art
Saharan Salt Trade
The Gundi
Illizi Festival 2000
Sahara Freeze-up
Camel Cheese
153 Club Newsletter
153 News Update
Join the 153 Club
Today's African News
Père de Foucauld
L'Arbre du Ténéré
1
L'Arbre du Ténéré 2
Saharan Forts 1
Saharan Forts 2
Saharan Rock Art
Giraffe Engravings
Leo Africanus
Battuta's Saharan travels
Shabeni's Timbuktu
Timbuctoo the Mysterious
Heroditus & Pliny on Libya
Timbuktu, a poem
Joliba Trust
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 1
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 2
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 3
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 4
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 5
Ibn Khaldûn quotes 6
Old Michelin Maps
Early NW Africa Map 1
Early NW Africa Map 2
Early NW Africa Map 3
Early NW Africa Map 4
Early NW Africa Map 5
Saharan Exploration
Henry Barth 1
Henry Barth 2
Henry Barth 3
Denham & Clapperton 1
Denham & Clapperton 2
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 1
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 2
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 3
Haardt & Audouin-Dubreuil 4
External Links
Jim
Mann Taylor's Home Page
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The
'Agades' Cross and The French Armed Forces
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The
silver crosses referred to generally as Agades Crosses were
manufactured by the smiths of the Tuareg tribes of the Sahara.
The design varied with each tribe and usually take the name
of a village. The true Agades Cross is illustrated below together
with a variant design called the Iferouane cross. The French
Armed Forces occupied the country for many years before Independence
and each company designed their badges usually with some variation
of the Tuareg cross. Well over 400 such different crosses
were manufactured by firms such as Drago in Paris. A few are
illustrated below.
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One
form of the Agades Cross
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A form of
the Cross of Iferouane
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The badge of the 15th
Compagnie Saharienne Portée. Incorporates a stylised
indigo veiled Tuareg & cross. |
The
badge of the Service des Affaires Algériennes. Two silver
daggers have been incorporated into the stylised cross. |
The
modern UN badge of Military Observers in M.I.N.U.R.S.O. |
The badge of the Centre
Saharien D'Expérimentations Militaires (C.S.E.M.) [The
French Atomic bomb was tested in the Sahara.] |
Compagnie Méhariste
du Tidikelt-Hoggar. |
Other badges
are based on different crosses. For example that of the Garde
Républicaine Nomade de la Zone des Sables is based on
the cross of Karaga. |
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We have been going since 1978.
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