Original French ca.1840s Light Infantry Officer’s Brass Gorget with Hand Engraved Insignia Bayonets From the Island of Bali
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Original French ca.1840s Light Infantry Officer’s Brass Gorget with Hand Engraved Insignia Bayonets From the Island of Bali From the Island of Bali this Kris comes with the custom original scabbard the front of which is inlaid with two panels of ebony matching the wood of the hilt is typical issue to Hussar regiments however the Maroon Red Coveralls (pants) are unique to the 11th Regiment who were referred to as the "Cheery Pickers" but by the 7th Earl of Cardigan as "My Cheerybums" at the time of the Crimean War