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Ornate Gorget of King Francis I of France dated to the 16th Century on display at the

Museu Militar de Lisboa in Lisbon

The gorget is composed of two
pieces of gilded silver showing scenes of war. Lined with crimson velvet, and embroidered on the
inside of the gorget is the Kings personal motto:

Nutrisco et Extinguo "I Nourish [the Good] and Extinguish [the Bad]”

When
King Luis I of Portugal made his trip to the Universal Exposition of Paris in
1867, he acquired several replicas of historical weapons, among them this gorget.

Photographs taken by myself