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It was important to recognize the rank and unit of every soldier and to remember that eagle was the symbol of Empire
Rare reproduction of brass plate for belt of gendarmerie Impériale.
Very uncommon
90 X 70 mm.
Very nice copy. 75 X 95 mm
Very rare plate
Nr 7 corresponds to Anvers.
Heigth 15 cm, large max 12 cm.
Silverplated.
Very nice copy. 105 X 85 mm
70 X 58 mm.
Nice copy of revolution plate for baldrics for army postman.
Copy of a rare plate
95 X 72 mm
Copper asbestos production, then silverplated.
Interesting way to copy rare plates in short series.
90 X 65 mm.
Copper asbestos production, then silverplated.
Interesting way to copy rare plates in short series.
90 X 65 mm.
Not perfect, sold as it is.
70 x 90 mm.
Nice and rare plate
85 X 62 mm.
Made from a used plate...so same aspect as an old one....extremely rare.
Pictures were hard to make and we did not succeed to show real aspect...that looks like silver.
Light cavalry belts during Empire period were sometimes as narrow as sabre straps.
We sell a set of 2 closing buckles with snake shape link ,and 3 plates to hold straps for sabre and sabretache.
For 25 mm width belt and straps.
Bronze
10 X 9 cm.
Only one original plate as this one is known!
85 X 62 mm.
Made from a used plate...so same aspect as an old one....extremely rare.
No black stain, surface is completely silver, but we could not suppress a shadow...sorry.
Drawing from Michel Petard no 445, in book: "Équipements militaires de 1804 à 1815, tome V.
Rare and very big buckle (120 X 90 mm) for Commissaires du peuple (silverplated) or general (goldplated..pale aspect).
Copper asbestos production, silverplated.
Interesting way to copy rare plates in short series.
Sold as it is, not perfect, but barely impossible to find as original.
12 x 12 cm
PRECEDENT PRICE: 92 €
Très belle reproduction, aux ciselures de qualité, d'une rare plaque de baudrier des Eaux et Forêts.
Dim: cm X cm.
Napoleon was Emperor/Imperator (of France) et Rex/king (of Italy).
Italien guard was royal, colour is silver instead of gold for imperial guard and a crowned star appears on eagle chest..
83 X 63 mm. Silverplated brass.
Corresponds to Fulda military post office between 1806 and 1808.
85 X 70 mm
Bronze: limited stock.
Size 1 30/10
Outer diam: 26,80 mm
Inner Diam 20,75 mm
Thickness: 2,80 mm
Size 2 39/10
Outer diam: 29.30 mm
Inner Diam 21.20 mm
Thickness: 3,80 mm
Size 3
Outer diam: 33 mm
Inner Diam 26 mm
Thickness: 3,70 mm
Size 4
Outer diam: 50.50 mm
Inner Diam 40.80 mm
Thickness: 4.90 mm
21 X 33,5 mm.
Belle production française.
Insigne aux 23 écalairs, pattes de fixation au dos
2 parts in stamped brass, diametre 38 mm, linked by a brass snake .
Price is for 3 pieces, of course.
Very nice french quality, quite different of actual asian productions. Not new but still in good condition
For width of belt 38 mm. Limited stock
Copper asbestos production, then goldplated.
Interesting way to copy rare plates in short series.
85 X 65 mm.
Sold as it is, surface is not perfect
This type appeared during 3 rd republic and is still used for ceremonies.
Very nice goldplating sometimes slightly oxydized, limlited stock!
Nice stamped gilded or silverplated stars made some decades ago in France.
2 pins on back. To indicate rank of general on military accessories as epaulettes, sash, cuffs...Etc.
But also to evocate a starry sky....Be creative.
Discounted price till end of stock
Nice stamped gilded or silverplated stars made some decades ago in France.
2 pins on back. To indicate rank of general on military accessories as epaulettes, sash, cuffs...Etc.
But also to evocate a starry sky....Be creative.
Discounted price till end of stock
Nice stamped gilded or silverplated stars made some decades ago in France.
2 pins on back. To indicate rank of general on military accessories as epaulettes, sash, cuffs...Etc.
But also to evocate a starry sky....Be creative.
Discounted price till end of stock
Sold together, all that is on picture, sometimes just one piece of a pair.
Very nice gilding. Very limited stock. 50 X 40 mm.
For ceremonial belts of french marine
Stamped brass: 55 X 60 mm
Nice (vrey) old buttons very nice to put on period end ofLouis XVI/revolution.
Very limited stock. We took them from an old jacket.
Très beau passant de bélière utilisé pour les ceinturons de cérémonie d'officiers de la marine française.
30 x 30 mm, belle dorure, très décoratif.
Prix sans commune mesure avec le cout de production.
38 mm high, nice production, made in France, limited stock.
Used for ceremonies.
Very nice goldplating or silverplating, limited stock!
Goldplated, limited stock. Made in France some decades ago.
Diametre: 38 mm
Total length: 2 plates + snake: 125 mm
Goldplated, limited stock. Made in France some decades ago.
Diametre: 40 mm
Total length: 2 plates + snake: 130 mm
Petit lot provenant d'une fabrication de 1993.
Métal doré, passage intérieur de 40 mm.
Peut agrémenter ceinturon, baudrier, chapeau....Etc. Bel aspect, enrichit vraiment une tenue!
Brass grenade, still used in "garde republicaine".
Grenades can be attached by 2 points for gold and silver colour.
Nothing to fix them in red type.
Very limited stock!
Nice goldplated buckle
42,00 €
Out of stock
54 x 58 mm.
Surface is not absolutely perfect. It's a pity because these buckles are new and goldplated...
Limited stock. Made for cadets of ESM (Ecole Speciale Militaire).
Brass. 55 X 30 mm.
Width for strap 20 mm.
Bronze, REGULATION TYPE
Steel buckle used to attached the "mousquet" on the back of the rider. It allows to pass promptly the rifle from back to front.
Brass grenade
Height: 5 cm
Top is lacking
Unusable to make "normal"aiguiets, can adorn some cords or laces
Limited stock. Total length 65 mm.
31 X 33 mm, 2 pins on back
Gilded brass
Limited stock.
Extremely rare, sold together
PRECEDENT PRICE: 47 €
Regulation type.
Nice in a collection! Most famous symbol of "grognards", the infantry of imperial guard.
Stamped brass 21 X 16 cm.
Plate described in book of C Blondiau(Aigles et shakos du premier Empire, Hors série No 4 d'Uniformes, Les armées de l'histoire), page 34. Size 10,5 X 9 cm. Brass. Exclusive production for Antikcostume.
29,00 €
Out of stock
Width approx. 5 cm
5,00 €
Unavailable
Delivery expected for an improved type in march.
Very nice production, made with a very old tool (maybe the original one).
Brass, 68 X 90 mm
Ingénieurs géographes had to make maps of all Europe to prepare battles.
Bronze buckle, dimensions 8.5 X 5 cm .
Delivered with the complete fastening.
Detailed description in "Pétard"sur les équipements miltaires , figure 490.
Delivery expected for an improved type in march.
Brass buckle made in 2 parts ( 60X18 mm) connected by a "S"piece ended by birds heads .
Brass buckle made in 2 parts ( 42 X20 mm) connected by a "S"piece .
19,00 €
Out of stock
Brass buckle made in 2 parts ( 60X18 mm) connected by a "S" piece with snake shape .
Each brass plate is 45 mm( diam)
2 parts in brass, diametre 51 X 51 mm, linked by a brass snake . Price is for 3 pieces, of course.
Medusa could petrify his ennemies, just looking at them, it is why she is represented on buckles, tell me if it works?
Nice stamped brass, very decorative, 72 mm X 64 mm.
PRECEDENT PRICE 21 €
Copper asbestos production, silverplated.
Interesting way to copy rare plates in short series.
Sold as it is, not perfect, but barely impossible to find as original.
12 x 12 cm
12 X 12 cm, stamped brass.
We receive them with a dull aspect, after cleaning it has a shiny brass aspect.
32,00 €
Out of stock
Grosse plaque en laiton à détourer, vendue en l'état, taille du motif 90 X 70 mm.
Stamped brass plate. 6 cm X 6.5 cm
Very decorative! There is nothing on back to use it as belt buckle, and brass is very thin, you have to adapt it if you want to use it as buckle.
Small brass eagle 3.5 x 3.5cm. Empire-Napoleonic period.
Made in France.
You can easily take off ring.
3 sizes
48 X 37 mm, quite good for 4 corners of ammunition pouch for infantry of imperial guard.
65 X 45 mm
70 X 45 mm
Made in brass from old dyes. Very nice to add around frames, on books covers....etc.
No pin on back, colour can be slightly red or purely like natural brass. Made in France.
Price for one
Made in brass from old dyes. Very nice to add around frames, on books covers....etc.
No pin on back, colour can be slightly red or purely like natural brass. Made in France
6 X 6 cm.
Perfect quality, made in France
Big brass granate with 2 fixations on back for line infantry ammunition pouch
Grenade nickelées avec 2 pattes de fixations
Hauteur 45 mm, largeur maximum des flammes 38 mm et diamètre de la base 20 mm.
No fixation on back
Petite grenade bronze avec 2 fixations au dos.
Fastening on the back.
To put by 4 on sides of ammunition pouch flap around eagle
Fastening on the back
4,90 €
Unavailable
New types in stamped brass
For straps and sides of ammunition pouches
2 possible sizes
30 mm X 33 mm
22 mm X 25 mm
Gilded brass.
Now adapted with a brooch on back, you can use it as a jewel or just cut a part of the pin and adapt it to ammunition pouch, belt buckles, brass plate for hat...etc
Brass: 7,2 X 4,2 cm
2 pins on back to fix it
Not for french army, size 39 X 32 mm. 5 different colours. Very small stock
Brass: 7,5 X 7,5 cm
Inside diametre 30 mm, bronze
Brass plate made by stamping from the original moulds. Fastening system on the back of the plate
Brass. 55 X 32 mm.
Width for belt 26 mm
Made in Paris for austrian army of XIX th century (but does not fit first empire period).
Sold as they are.
20 X 14 cm
Passage intérieur 25 mm, tout laiton
Available with 3 options : steel, bronze or black (28 X 20 mm) .
Usable width : 24 mm
Used to hold small chain passing under chin on shakos and talpack from Second Empire till beginning of first World War.
12 X 9 cm, bronze.
Very limited stock
Copy of a genuine belt from musée de l'Empéri, pages 194/195 of book "Les trésors de l'Empéri".
Embroideries on dark marine leather.
You can choose sword or sabre hanger.
As indicated , inside 22 large
Stamped brass eagle. Dimensions 10,5 X 8 cm.
Suitable for sabretache of "chasseur a cheval de la garde", ammunition pouch and shako of young guard.
MADE IN ASIA.
Big size: 80 X 65 mm.
Bronze: 45 X 50 mm.
2 clips on back
Big size: 93 X 50 cm (taille extérieure). Bed width 80mm
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