Huissier

The chain of a huissier in the French Senate. Note also the peculiar "broken collar".
Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis speaks in 2019 accompanied by a Bundesweibel
The cantonal government of Geneva with three Standesweibel at an official function commemorating the Restoration (2006 photograph)

The French word huissier ("doorman", from huis, an archaic term for a door) designates ceremonial offices in France and Switzerland.


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