Gorget by Dave Hughes

 

Photography by Jan Riser.

Gorgets by Dave Hughes

Photography supplied by Dave Hughes.

Shell Gorgets by James Blake

 

Photos supplied by James Blake.

Gorget by James Blake

"This piece is based off a existant Caddo example found in Texas in 1936 by a road construction crew near Oenaville, Bell County. It dates to AD 300 - 700. It was held in the collection of Dr. Alex Dienst, Later transfered to the Smithsonian collections now housed in the National Museum Of the American Indian." 

Copy and photograph supplied by James Blake.

Gorget by Dave Hughes

 Photographed at the 2014 CLA Show by Jan Riser.

Gilt Brass Gorget Worn by Captain Sir Francis Carr Clerke, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, 1777 (c)

Carr Clerke (1748-1777) was killed at Saratoga in 1777, during the American War of Independence (1775-1783), while serving as aide-de-camp to Major-General John Burgoyne. Burgoyne had attacked the American forces at Bemis Heights on 7 October, in an attempt to break through their position and so avoid being encircled. It was during this action that Carr Clerke was mortally wounded by a rifle ball believed to have been fired by Timothy Murphy, a notable sharpshooter in Daniel Morgan's corps of riflemen. Murphy also claimed the life of General Simon Fraser in the same battle.

Burgoyne failed to break the Americans at Bemis Heights, and surrendered his remaining men at Saratoga on 17 October 1777. The defeat had far-reaching consequences, for it helped persuade the French to enter the war on the American side.

Copy and photo from National Army Museum.

Small Gorget by Unknown Maker

Photographed at the 2013 Lake Cumberland Show by Jan Riser.

Gorget by Dave Hughes

Photos supplied by Mitch Cook.