Képi Blanc (publication)

Képi Blanc

Unit Insignia of the Képi Blanc staff
Editor-in-Chief	Captain Montagna
Categories	Military
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	11,500
Publisher	Lieutenant-colonel Thierry Jullien
First issue	April 30, 1947 under the impulsion of Colonel Louis-Antoine Gaultier
Company	FELE
Country	France
Based in	French Foreign Legion Aubagne
Language	French
Website	Képi Blanc Magazine

Képi Blanc (French: Képi Blanc) is the monthly French magazine of the French Foreign Legion.

The press magazine is sold exclusively under membership subscription. The subscription fees are channeled to the Foyer d'entraide de la Légion étrangère (FELE) which ensures the functioning of the Institution des Invalides de la Legion Etrangere (IILE).

As of 2013, circulation exemplary is of 11500 and consists of 80 pages.

The first bulletin associated to the French Foreign Legion was designated as La Légion étrangère, a historic revue and actuality of the Legion, created in 1912. Suspended throughout the course of World War I, the revue was reborn in 1931, at the creation of the Union Veteran Legionnaires Societies (French: Union des Sociétés d'Anciens de la Légion étrangère, L'USAL). In 1945, the revue changed designation to Vert et Rouge which was published until 1959.

On April 30, 1947, under the Quill (French: La plume) of Captain Gheysens, the first Editor-in-Chief, and mainly at the initiative of Colonel Gaultier, commandant of the Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments (French: Dépôt commun des régiments étrangers), appeared the be the journal of all foreign regiments of the Legion. The journal was accordingly printed in Oran, and was totally independent, with its own presses starting Journal Number 13.