Original 19th Century French July Monarchy National Guard Officers "Liberté" Brass Gorget with Gallic Rooster MG 15 Silver wash is gone from

Silver wash is gone from the wreath and it has reverted back to a dark gray

- “Welcome Home Ernie” Homecoming Flag: Good but delicate condition

Operation Ladbroke

The grip is fully wrapped in lovely stingray skin shagreen (Sa-Me)

and has no frontal eyelet

Original 19th Century French July Monarchy National Guard Officers "Liberté" Brass Gorget with Gallic Rooster MG 15 Silver wash is gone fromOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a 19th Century French "July Monarchy" Era Officers Gorget, as worn by the French National Guard. 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 a single