Original French ca.1840s Light Infantry Officer’s Brass Gorget with Hand Engraved Insignia Vickers MMG and features red

and features red

when all the other officers of the company were killed

the large numbers of volunteers – as well as the fact that soldiers were falling prey to heat exhaustion and dehydration – forced the army to experiment with lighter-colored and lighter-weight materials

participating unit's are authorized a streamer and each service member assigned to the unit during that same time is authorized the medal

where there is the correct silver bullion for an officer

Original French ca.1840s Light Infantry Officer’s Brass Gorget with Hand Engraved Insignia Vickers MMG and features redOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a =n excellent example of an 19th Century French Light Infantry Officers Gorget. Gorget , from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman's neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chaperon hood. The term later described a steel or leather collar to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armor, or a single piece of plate armor hanging from the