GIBERNE AND BANNER OF THE KING'S BODYGUARD, COMPANY OF WAGRAM, first model 1814, Restoration period. 25391
Wooden box, pierced with eight holes for cartridges, covered with black waxed leather, H 9.5 cm, width 16.5 cm, thickness approximately 3.5 cm. Leather bracket cut in a bracket shape, 18 cm in length at the bottom, 16.5 cm at its upper part, 11.5 cm high, covered with crimson cloth matching the color of the Wagram company; behind the box, in the upper part, a wide leather band is sewn in which the two ends of the banner are secured. The bracket is lined with a silver rod decorated with lines, 5 mm wide. In its center, the face of the sun in silver on a radiating background, H 6 cm, width 8.5 cm. Under the box, three silver-plated brass buttons, the middle one to fasten the bracket, and the other two to attach the ends of the banner. Large banner in 8 cm wide silver braid with a crimson silk cartridge in the center. At its ends, two leather straps are sewn to be fixed to the nails on the underside of the box.
France.
Restoration period.
Very good condition, slightly faded colors, the leather tab of the bracket has been broken and the end reconstituted.
Reference :
25391