a-british-guardsman:French colonial soldier (Tirailleur Tonquinois), from Indochina (present day Vie
a-british-guardsman:French colonial soldier (Tirailleur Tonquinois), from Indochina (present day Vietnam), on sentry duty at the Trocadero signals station. This station was linked by cables to the Eiffel Tower, which was used as a signals tower during the First World War and which could cover the whole Western Front as well as some colonies. -- source link