Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Russian Headgear A wonderful honest example with

A wonderful honest example with a fantastic swept back shape

so they may have sent this piece back home

but we have left them completely untouched to avoid marring the lovely case-hardened finish

- Post WWII Repainted M40 German Helmet: The helmet was repainted white post war and was more than likely Police used

Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Russian Headgear A wonderful honest example withOriginal 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