Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Antique Gun Parts with the "AU LION" marking

with the "AU LION" marking worn away

newly assigned to the theater

The action is tight and move smoothly

however it looks to be me made in the style of Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid

Signal Corps collar dog and fantastic cloth embroidered Air Mechanic Service 3rd Regiment patch to left shoulder

Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Antique Gun Parts with the "AU LION" markingOriginal 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,