The French foreign legion was involved in different battles during WWII especially in Africa: 1940 in Dakar (French West Africa) and Gabon (French Equatorial Africa), 1941 in Keren (Eritrea) and Marocco (French Morocco), 1942 in Bir Hakeim (Libya) and  El Alamein (Egypt) and 1943 in Djebel Mansour and Djebel Zaghouan (Tunisia).

Black crackle Zippo with an applique of a French foreign legion soldiers head with a Sahara kepi.