Three buttons of the imperial school of cavalry with eagle, two in white metal and one in silver plated copper; a small button of the imperial guard in gilded brass with eagle and two small buttons of cent-gardes with grenade in gilded brass, diameter 16,5 mm. We join an ornament of saddlecloth of small dress of Cent-gardes, in fabric embroidered with the: "N" crowned, height 19 cm. Second Empire period. Good condition.

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