PLATE OF ARMCHAIR GUARD MESSIER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MOURNING, SECOND EMPIRE. Octagonal plate in embossed silver-plated copper (H 10 cm, width 7.7 cm). It represents in its center a crowned imperial eagle holding in its talons the sparkling Jupiter spindle framed by a molding with a ridged bottom with protruding framing rods, bearing the inscription "COMMON MESSIER GUARD OF DEUIL". The plate bears in the upper part, embossed, the name of the manufacturer "AMELING. ENGRAVER. - PASSAGE OF THE SALMON. ". Plate lined with a brass backplate to which four brass wire hooks are welded. Very good state. France. First Empire. NOTE: The messier guard is the guard doing the office of rural guard, who was temporarily committed to the surveillance of soil products which are used as food for men and animals, before harvest, in order to protect them from theft.
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