Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Japanese Flare Guns - Original paint with minor

- Original paint with minor wear

and the etched blade is marked FABRICA D TOLEDO

and still has the original blued ricasso

with the date for the first award of a US decoration

as a back action Minié rifle

Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Japanese Flare Guns - Original paint with minorOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a 19th Century French Second Empire Officers Gorget, as worn by the French National Guard or Garde Nationale. A gorget, from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood. The term later described a steel or leather collar to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armor,