gorget, gorget
Accession Number

NAM.1975-05-46-3

Description

Gorget, Dunfermline Volunteers (Fife), possibly worn by 1/Lt Willis Beveridge, 1805 (c). Gilt metal. On centre front, the 1801-1814 Royal Coat of Arms with supporters and motto. On the left of the crown, the letter ‘G’ and on the right ‘R’, forming the ‘GR’ monogram. Below all, a scroll. Attached to each horn a rosette and loop of yellow silk ribbon. Inside the gorget a lining of chamois leather.