COIFFURES. 2nd class medical officer's kepi for the Gardes Mobiles or Garde Nationale health service in black cloth with crimson velvet headband, false chinstrap and flat silver plaits, caduceus motif framed with simplified oak and laurel leaves embroidered on the front in silver cannetille, black cotton inner cap, black leather headband gilded with small irons. Second Empire period. Worn from use. ABE