S.T. Dupont petrol lighter produced exclusively for Drago Paris, the French manufacturer of military insignia and regimental souvenirs. One side bears a mounted triangular badge of the 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes (2e REP) of the French Foreign Legion, while the other shows a relief of an Indochinese dragon forming the outline of French Indochina/Vietnam, a motif commonly found on souvenirs from the Indochina War period. The base is marked S.T. DUPONT with the Dupont hallmark and DRAGO PARIS EXCLUSIVE.
The badge represents the 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes (2e REP), an airborne regiment of the French Foreign Legion, an elite volunteer formation of the French Army widely deployed during the First Indochina War (1946–1954). The regiment was formed in 1948 as part of the Legion’s parachute forces and saw extensive combat in Indochina, including major airborne operations and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954).
