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Uniform Known As The “surtout” Worn By An Officer Of The National Mounted Guard. France, Early 19th Century.
A dark blue, almost black cloth coat with scarlet piping. A scarlet collar 8 cm high.
Coat fastening straight down the front with six large silver-plated metal buttons, 2.5 cm in diameter, stamped with two branches—one of laurel and the other of oak—and in the center, “GARDE NATIONALE ," based on the model from September 30, 1805, through 1812. First Empire.
Straight scarlet lapels with scarlet piping; white lapel tabs shaped like a three-pointed star, featuring two buttons and one missing.
Basque with turn-ups in scarlet cloth; faux vertical pockets in dark blue cloth.
Epaulet loops in silver braid lined with scarlet cloth.
France. Early 19th century / First Empire.
Coat fastening straight down the front with six large silver-plated metal buttons, 2.5 cm in diameter, stamped with two branches—one of laurel and the other of oak—and in the center, “GARDE NATIONALE ," based on the model from September 30, 1805, through 1812. First Empire.
Straight scarlet lapels with scarlet piping; white lapel tabs shaped like a three-pointed star, featuring two buttons and one missing.
Basque with turn-ups in scarlet cloth; faux vertical pockets in dark blue cloth.
Epaulet loops in silver braid lined with scarlet cloth.
France. Early 19th century / First Empire.
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