AN ASSORTMENT OF 19TH CENTURY FRENCH INSIGNIA AND OTHER ITEMS
AN ASSORTMENT OF 19TH CENTURY FRENCH INSIGNIA AND OTHER ITEMS

19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN ASSORTMENT OF 19TH CENTURY FRENCH INSIGNIA AND OTHER ITEMS
19th/early 20th Century
An officer's gorget of the Garde Nationale 1830 Model (device slightly defective); four gorget ornaments for infantry of the Garde Royale, 1816 Model; a gorget-ornament for artillery, 1815 Model; a headdress-plate of the Gendarmerie d'Elite, 1816 Model (fixings defective); a shako-plate for a Cadet of the Ecole Militaire de Saint-Cyr, circa 1880; a cavalry pouchbelt-ornament, 1852; another cavalry pouchbelt-ornament, 1854; a cuirassier's pouchbelt-ornament, 1854; a pouch-ornament of Chasseurs à Cheval, 1874; a pouch-ornament of the Guides de la Garde Imperiale, 1854; two pouch-badges, one cavalry, one infantry, of the Garde Imperiale, 1854; two lion's mask ornaments for a Lancer's headdress, 1830; a reproduction waistbelt-clasp bearing the Arms of France as for 1814 (minor defects, mainly to fixings, for all the foregoing items); and a dark blue velvet frame, patterned with brass fleurs-de-lys (some missing) (18)
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Please note that the coat illustrated with this lot is part of lot 544

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