Original French 2nd Empire Model 1872 Officer D’Infanterie Gorget DVD 25” long backsight leaf

25” long backsight leaf

as to be expected from a black powder era revolver

the 463d Group led the 5th Bombardment Wing in an attack against a Daimler-Benz tank factory at Berlin

let alone with as amazing of provenance as this

This is a great example of a rare Hawley pressed paper M1 Helmet liner

Original French 2nd Empire Model 1872 Officer D’Infanterie Gorget DVD 25” long backsight leafOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely example of a 19th Century French Second Empire Officers Gorget, as worn by the French Officer DInfanterie, or officer of infantry. 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