Original Spanish-American War Spanish Officer’s Gorget with Original Chain & Felt Backing Antique Wheellock Firearms Naval Base Noumea was built

Naval Base Noumea was built at Noumea Harbor

most likely issued to U

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and it has a fine carbon steel blade which has been heavily sharpened

This example retains its original rubber eyepiece

Original Spanish-American War Spanish Officer’s Gorget with Original Chain & Felt Backing Antique Wheellock Firearms Naval Base Noumea was builtOriginal Item. Only One Available. 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 a single piece of plate armor hanging from the neck and covering the throat and chest. Later, particularly from the 18th century, the