Flag of the regiment
The 57th Infantry Regiment or (57th IR) was a regiment of the French Army, heir of the Beauvoisis Regiment. It came from a tradition carried since 1667, until dissolved in 2011. The Regiment was in an almost continuous existence since its creation: under the Kingdom of France, the French Republic, the First French Empire and during the course of both World Wars.
The original article can be found at 57th Infantry Regiment (France) and the edit history here.