Original 19th Century French July Monarchy National Guard Officers "Liberté" Brass Gorget with Gallic Rooster MG 15 - “Welcome Home Ernie” Homecoming

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

with its many machine-gun mounts

portraits lend themselves to further exploration

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

and intact liner

Original 19th Century French July Monarchy National Guard Officers "Liberté" Brass Gorget with Gallic Rooster MG 15 - “Welcome Home Ernie” HomecomingOriginal 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