1789–1872 military reserve and police branch of France's military. Reactivated in 2016
Jean-François Bellier - Le citoyen Nau-Deville, en uniforme de la garde nationale, faisant transporter un convoi d'armes et de munitions - P4 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)