text: The modern French Armed Forces are not officially considered to be the successors of the Royal Army and Navy, although many of their individual units trace their histories to before the foundation of the First Republic. Accordingly, battles fought and won by the Royal Army and Navy before the French Revolution (such as Patay, Fontenoy, Chesapeake, Porto Praya and so on) do not appear as battle honours on regimental colours. The names of battles of the old times, however, which are rightly still considered as glorious by the modern French Army, are honoured by being given to ships or armoured vehicles, and remembered by anniversaries.
  As an example, the 1st Infantry Regiment, founded in 1479 during the reign of Louis XI, has fought a number of battles since the 15th century, but its battle honours are only recorded from 1792 onwards:
  Valmy 1792
  Fleurus 1794
  Moeskirch 1800
  Biberach 1800
  Miliana 1842
  Guise 1914
  Verdun – L'Yser 1916–1917
  La Somme 1916
  L'Ourcq 1918
  Résistance Berry 1944
  AFN 1952–1962.
  Latest official regulations
  The following official documents relate to the colours of the Land Army () :
  recommendation () 808 EMM/CAB of 5 December 1985 rules what sorts of units can be given colours, abiding to previous regulations of joint services;
  decision 12350/SGA/DPMA/SHD/DAT of 14 September 2007 deals with the inscriptions of battle honours upon the flags and standards of the units of the Army, the Defence Health service and the Military Fuel Service;
  government order of 19 November 2004 relates to the award of the AFN 1952–1962 battle honour to flags and standards of Army and Services units.