Three Gorgets of Late 18th Century style, relating to the 5th Foot A silver gorget (not hallmarked), engraved with St. George and Dragon, numeral V and scroll inscribed QUO FATA VOCANT (as Denis Wood: The Fifth Fusiliers and Its Badges , Fig 4); another gorget, also unhallmarked silver, engraved with similar decoration (as ibid, Fig 1), GR and Trophies on the horns (dented and with small split); and a silver stepped gorget, also in unmarked silver, and with similar engraved decoration (ibid, Fig 5) (all items probably late 19th Century reproductions). (3)
Three Gorgets of Late 18th Century style, relating to the 5th Foot A silver gorget (not hallmarked), engraved with St. George and Dragon, numeral V and scroll inscribed QUO FATA VOCANT (as Denis Wood: The Fifth Fusiliers and Its Badges , Fig 4); another gorget, also unhallmarked silver, engraved with similar decoration (as ibid, Fig 1), GR and Trophies on the horns (dented and with small split); and a silver stepped gorget, also in unmarked silver, and with similar engraved decoration (ibid, Fig 5) (all items probably late 19th Century reproductions). (3)
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