Although somewhat brutally trimmed both top and bottom this image is never the less a splendid study of a late 19th or early 20th Century Non-Commissioned Officer of the Tiraillieurs Algerien or Tucos. These were amongst France's most colorful colonial North African troops. Mounted Cabinet-style Photograph (trimmed) 3 7/8 inches by 6 3/4 inches (10cm x 17cm) Unknown Photographer Probable Algerian Location c. 1900