Original French 2nd Empire Model 1872 Officer D’Infanterie Gorget DVD let alone with as amazing

let alone with as amazing of provenance as this

There is some oxidation where the paint is missing

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

The best known post war operator of the Schwarzlose was probably the Polish air force who acquired and used significant numbers of surplus Austro-Hungarian aircraft and used them against Soviet forces during the Polish-Bolshevik War

The metal work was originally bright

Original French 2nd Empire Model 1872 Officer D’Infanterie Gorget DVD let alone with as amazingOriginal 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