FULL DRESS BELT BELONGING TO ACHILLE FERDINAND DE LA CROIX DE BEAUREPOS, GENDARME OF THE KING'S HOUSE, Restoration period (1814-1816). Item number: 30016

FULL DRESS BELT BELONGING TO ACHILLE FERDINAND DE LA CROIX DE BEAUREPOS, GENDARME OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD, Restoration period (1814-1816). 30016

Belt buckle in cast bronze, rectangular in shape, height 7.6 cm, width without the curve 8.5 cm. Decorated in relief with Jupiter's thunderbolt, with flames and lightning on a sand background, the plate is bordered by a twisted molding. Complete with its two pronged buckle and rear hook. Lined with white calfskin.

Belt in cloth lined with scarlet cloth and covered along its entire length with a 6.7 cm high gold braid with five black silk stripes. It ends with a brass hook designed to be attached to the plate. Complete with its two sword suspension straps, in cloth lined with scarlet cloth, covered with a gold braid with two black silk threads, width 2.6 cm, ending at the bottom with two rectangular buckles in gilded and chiseled bronze, height 6.6 cm, width 3.7 cm, to which a small strap of white calfskin covered with scarlet waxed Moroccan leather is attached for sword fixation.

France.
Restoration period.
Very good condition, some superficial wear.

PROVENANCE:
This belt comes from the descendants of Achille Ferdinand de la Croix de Beaurepos, gendarme in the 4th brigade in 1814.