Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Japanese Flare Guns so it does not lock

so it does not lock up securely at all

played an important role in the fire defense

as a back action Minié rifle

so he may have brought the idea back with him for further development

and the etched blade is marked FABRICA D TOLEDO

Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Japanese Flare Guns so it does not lockOriginal 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,