In France who are nicknamed the Kepis blancs?
Kepi adopted it in its white version as a symbol. The decision following the 1991 Gulf War to end conscription in France and to rely on voluntary enlistment has led to the readoption of various traditional items for dress wear. This has included the reappearance in the army of the kepi which is now worn by all ranks in the majority of units, on appropriate occasions.Within the army, particularly notable are the kepis of the French Foreign Legion, whose members are sometimes called "Képis blancs" (white kepis), because of the unit's regulation white headgear. Former cavalry units wear light blue kepis
Blancs d'Espagne Blancs d'Espagne Blancs d'Espagne ("Spanish Whites") was a term used to refer to those legitimists in France who, following the death of the Comte de Chambord in 1883, supported the Spanish Carlist claimant rather than the Orleanist candidate, who was supported by the vast majority of French royalists. The term was generally used by supporters of the Comte de Paris, the Orleanist candidate, as a term of derision for their ultra-legitimist opponents who so hated the House of Orléans that they would support a foreign prince over an Orleanist candidate. It is a pun on the cosmetic and cleanser known