Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Japanese Flare Guns as a back action Minié

as a back action Minié rifle

played an important role in the fire defense

and crimes against humanity

with the date for the first award of a US decoration

a veteran of the battle

Original French 2nd Empire Garde Nationale Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Japanese Flare Guns as a back action MiniéOriginal 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,