Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Russian Air Force At first they used spades

At first they used spades and bayonets but then more effective weapons were distributed just as we offer here

a unique fighting club evolved—the supe or subi

and its small size also meant that it could easily be placed into the "web" of a railway line and

A very nice lightly used example ready for further research and display

They proved so effective that by the end of the war some 300

Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Russian Air Force At first they used spadesOriginal 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