UNIFORMS. Departmental gendarmerie warrant officer's uniform, circa 1940-1944, consisting of a kepi with black headband, blue cap, elite braid and silver soutaches, gold soutache with scarlet chevrons, dated 1942 on the headdress, black cloth tunic with "aiglon" collar decorated with embroidered silver grenade tabs, silver grenade buttons, gold rank braids with scarlet median fillet, black cotton lining with label from tailor Willmann in Paris, blue cotton shirt model 1935 (common model for chasseurs), black tie, blue cloth breeches with black side stripes. ABE