My Life in the Foreign Legion by Prince Aage of Denmark. Battery Press reprint edition:1994 204 pages. 1 maps. Trim Size: 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" hardcover ISBN: 196-2 Summary:These exciting memoirs were written by Christian Alexander Robert Aage, Prince of Denmark, a great,great nephew of King Louis Phillipe of France ( who founded the Legion in 1831). After serving in the Danish Army, Aage joined the French Foreign Legion in 1923 and in Febuary of that year arrived in French Morocco where he joined the 1st Bn, 2nd For.Leg. Regt at Meknes with the rank of Captain. He campaigned in the Middle Atlas Region against the Berbers until May 1923 when he was assigned to the staff of Gen. Poeymirau as liason officer & saw exten. operations from May tp Sept 1923 in the region known as La Tacha de Taza. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre in July 1923. In May 1924 he was given command of the mounted infantry company of the 2nd R.E.I. & soon moved into action north of the border with Spanish Morocco to combat the raids of the Berber Riff leader Abd-el-Krim, who had raised the tribes against the Spanish. By Oct. 1924, Aage was appointed to the staff of Marshall Lyautey as Intelligence Officer. In April 1925, Abd-el-Krim invaded French Morocco with a large army, trained in part by German WW I veterans and Legion deserters. Aage participated in numerous hard fought actions in the mountains until he fell ill in Aug. 1925 & was evacuated to France, at which point the memoirs end. Aage continued to serve with the Legion in Morocco until his death in 1940. A key account for a study of the Legion by one of its most colorful officers. 1994 limited edition reprint of 1928 edition.
