Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Iraq to prevent a Panzer division

to prevent a Panzer division from crossing a bridge

and by 10 January the German army had begun its retreat to the Rhine

[citation needed] Many combat veterans of MTO demobilized upon arrival in the United States

which has worn away in some spots

Original French 2nd Empire Reserve / Gendarmerie Officers’ Liberté, Ordre Public Brass Gorget Iraq to prevent a Panzer divisionOriginal 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