MEXIQUE (?), fin du XIXème siècle Pair of stamped gilded brass epaulets with large oval pallet and imitation six articulated scales, and silver and gilded wire passementerie, with domed brass button with two crossed rifles. With a purple fabric scarf with two tassels. Some wear to the gilding, minor snags to the shoulder pad linings and scarf. In their shaped zinc box, lined with old burgundy velvet (oxidation and a few knocks). On the reverse of the second box lid, inside the epaulet box, a handwritten note "Porfiroi Diaz Oaxaca Escuela de guerro" and a text on "DIAZ (Porfirio), Mexican politician (Oaxaca, 1830-Paris, 1915)...".