blueman Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 opinions please guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Almost certainly not a British Army. Officer's gorget were engraved with the royal cipher and other details. Possibly made for the Indian trade - North American, I mean: relatively crude, but aping the style of gorgets worn by officers and presented to chiefs. That would be my guess, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrestanddevelopment Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 looks like a repro..quality is poor , I would expect at least it to be engraved..aging looks wrong as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clark Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 It's a common asian made repro in cast brass for the AWI market. A similar style was used by the Foot Guards during the napoleonic period The originals were mounted devices and much finer work plus the base was raised copper with turned edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I hadn't realized the Asians were making these up for the AWI re-enactors. None of tht gents I know would wear one that crude, as there are fairly good copies out there too. I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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