IMPERIAL GUARD INFANTRY GIBERNE, First Empire. 33732
Black waxed leather case, H 12.5 cm, width 20.5 cm, thickness 9 cm.
Complete with its two steel buckles at the bottom intended to secure the shoulder strap. Rear strap with steel buckle for attaching the grenade pouch. Back strap in leather 3.8 cm high for the flagstaff pass-through. Interior of the case with two side compartments. Black leather grenade pouch, H 18 cm x 26 cm, each corner adorned with a brass flaming bomb with a central molded brass imperial eagle, H 10 cm x 8.5 cm. All these brass fittings are attached to the grenade pouch using rear hooks and steel wires.
France.
First Empire.
Good condition, giberne and grenade from the first half of the 19th century, likely Restoration period; eagle on the grenade pouch from the First Empire.
Reference :
33732