Marching As A Soldier In Pry
The ‘Marches de l’Entre-Sambre-Et-Meuse’ originated with the traditional processions with the cross from the Middle Ages, when worshippers paid their dues to the abbeys. They were accompanied by a military escort to protect the people from the bandits roaming forests and countrysides. In 1802 the marches gained in importance and were escorted by soldiers from the Napoleon army.
And since then these escorts got somehow stuck in uniforms of the ‘Second Empire’.
Because this is not Belgium. Or is it?
More on ‘This is not Belgium’ HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, or HERE…