Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget One-of-a-Kind Overall this is a great

Overall this is a great example of a service-worn PAL 35 USN Mark 1 combat knife with a nice scabbard

It is in a short rifle configuration

and there is light surface staining and rust on parts of the blade

Steel pot and the inner liner are matte gray

Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget One-of-a-Kind Overall this is a greatOriginal 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