Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Russian Air Force Very Good condition SA cotton

Very Good condition SA cotton armband with multi-piece cotton construction white circle and black printed Swas

a unique fighting club evolved—the supe or subi

At first they used spades and bayonets but then more effective weapons were distributed just as we offer here

A very nice lightly used example ready for further research and display

and its small size also meant that it could easily be placed into the "web" of a railway line and

Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Russian Air Force Very Good condition SA cottonOriginal 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 and Gendarmerie. 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, or