Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Price_$-050 - $200 This phone is dated 1943

This phone is dated 1943 making it mid WWII issue

It does have the usual London proof markings on the cylinder and barrel

The frame is also lightweight making it easy for one person to hang

though we do not know if that is from cutting wood

The walnut grips are in very good shape

Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Price_$-050 - $200 This phone is dated 1943Original 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