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    Belgian Garde Civique officer's bust


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    Still trying to identify the chap, so any help is welcome.

    It seems to me the buttons look like Garde Civique...

    The medal he wears is a long service medal for administrative services.

    The bust is signed by Frantz Vermeylen and dated 1887.

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    Garde Civique items are rather rare to find.

    So great was my satisfaction when I managed to find this bugle.

    And it is not the end, also found very nice shoulder pieces. All from different sources.

    cheers

    |<ris

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    Thanks Odulf!

    But I found out all ready, as stated in my second poste. ;)

    Maybe a mod could help in adding "Garde Civique" to the title.

    I am hopping to get the "Mayo" real soon, because I managed to find a nice pair on the net.

    cheers

    |<ris

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    Stuka : Curious , interesting , The mayonnaise shoulder boards are very simmilar to the french treffles , used by hussards chasseurs a cheval and dragons , here in Argentina , some guys calls mayonesa , the gold yellow braid over the peaks of colonels and generals service caps . going back to the Garde my topic view was till now that of a group  of mustachoed middle age men armed with Comblain rifles wearing large greatcoats and a sort of tall melon hat .inclusive i ignored they have field officers and distinction between infantry and chasseurs . Thanks 

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