EAGLE: It was the former Golden Eagle Bronze, Model 1852, the flag of the former 2nd Regiment of the Foreign Legion, became, in 1855, 2nd Regiment of the 1st Foreign Legion. The face of the caisson bearing the regimental number "2nd" and reverse the designation Regiment Etranger "on two lines. This eagle had taken part in the Crimean Campaign, 1854-55, and the Italian Campaign, 1859 (Preserved at the Museum of Army and reproduced in the "Guestbook").
MATERIAL: It was made up in silk light, according to the model 1855. Ornaments (set or described in the "Guestbook") and inscriptions were painted in gold effect. The fringes, with small coils were fine gold.
The entries of the face were the following: "2nd Rnt - THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III AT 2-2nd foreign regiment Rnt"
The decision of December 2, 1856 and that of January 21, 1857 had determined what would be those with the back: "2nd Rnt - CONSTANTINE (1837), MOSTAGANEM (1839) (4), Mouzaïa (1840), Coléah (1841), DJGELLY (1842 ) (5), Zaatcha (1849), ALMA (1854), Sevastopol (1855) - 2nd Rnt "

Following the Italian campaign, the decision of January 20, 1861 had prescribed for the 2nd Regiment Etranger, the inscriptions "MAGENTA (1859), SOLFERINO (1859). They were not added to the fabric, the decision was specified "not to make new entries and that as far as renewal parts floating. This fabric measures 90 x 90. 
TIE: Also the model 1855. Silk tricolor in the longitudinal direction, and double embroidery and fringes at large and small twisted gold linen. The inscription "foreign regiment, on the one hand, the N imperial crown (the crown galvano gold), on the other hand, were surrounded by a branch of oak and laurel, a Greek separated the grounds of border fringes. The tie measuring 1 meter long, 0.20 wide. This fabric and tie that took part, as the Eagle, the Italian campaign in 1859. 
The flag gets a new Eagle 
In March 1861, the War Minister had decided to replace the new Eagles (Bronze, Model 1852, or electroplating model 1854) by Eagles aluminum model adopted by the Emperor last year.Before the new Eagles for both foreign regiments were delivered to them, they were deleted. As a result, the eagle was ready to be shipped abroad to 1 and was amended: the back of the box, which bore the designation of the body, became the new face, the old, whose regimental number was removed, became the setback without registration (6). 
As does the flag of the Regiment Etranger when leaving for Mexico at the beginning of the year 1863. The Eagle is the only real description of the body fabric, tie and skirt are those of the former 2nd Regiment Etranger, as were trees in 1857 to 1862. Except for the inclusion of "Cameron", which I'll talk emblem received no change to its payment to the Division Artillery of Oran, in October 1870 when it was destroyed a few months later. 
On March 28, 1863 landed in Mexico Jeanningros Colonel, commanding the Regiment Etranger, with two battalions. The flag was present. A month later, the regiment was to distinguish himself by a feat of arms of the most glorious which earned its unusual for the flag to register on site the name of this brilliant action: the battle of Cameron, April 30, 1863.