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Gorget

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A gorget, from the French meaning throat, was originally 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. [1]

58 relations: Air officer, Armet, Aventail, Bascinet, Bevor, British Army, Bronze Age, Buff coat, Burke and Wills expedition, Chaperon (headgear), Charles Willson Peale, Chilean Army, Collar (clothing), Company (military unit), Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2, English medieval clothing, Epaulette, Feldgendarmerie, Finland, Flag of South Carolina, French and Indian War, Gardes du Corps (Prussia), General officer, George Catlin, German Army (German Empire), History of Australia, Hummingbird, Improved Outer Tactical Vest, Indian Air Force, Iridescence, Lance rest, Leather, Linen, Mail (armour), Mail coif, Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Mexican Army, Modular Tactical Vest, Nazi Germany, Officer (armed forces), Officer cadet, Officer of the day, Osceola, Pauldron, Plate armour, Prehistoric Ireland, Royal Air Force, Royal cypher, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Sallet, ..., Samurai, Shell gorget, Sri Lanka Air Force, Steel, Swedish Armed Forces, Throat, Virginia Regiment, William Moultrie. Expand index (8 more) »

Air officer

An air officer is an air force officer of the rank of air commodore or higher.

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Armet

The armet is a type of helmet which was developed in the 15th century.

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Aventail

An aventail or camail is a flexible curtain of mail attached to the skull of a helmet that extends to cover the throat, neck and shoulders.

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Bascinet

The bascinet – also bassinet, basinet, or bazineto – was a Medieval European open-faced military helmet.

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Bevor

A bevor is a piece of plate armour designed to protect the neck, much like a gorget.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Buff coat

The European buff coat (the term deriving from the ox or buffalo hide from which it was commonly made and its yellowish colour) was an item of leather clothing worn by cavalry and officers during the 17th century, it also saw limited use by some infantry.

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Burke and Wills expedition

The Burke and Wills expedition was an Australian exploration expedition in 1860–61 of 19 men, led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, with the objective of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south, to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres (approximately 2,000 miles).

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Chaperon (headgear)

Chaperon (or; Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Charles Willson Peale

Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist.

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Chilean Army

The Chilean Army (Ejército de Chile) is the land arm of the Military of Chile.

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Collar (clothing)

In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck.

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Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–150 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.

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Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2

Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Königin Dragoner Kürassier-Regiment Königin Nr.

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English medieval clothing

Women's hats in the late middle ages were often a coneven shaped based with a flimsy net or gauzy fabric thrown carelessly and effortlessly over the top so it hung in drapes.

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Epaulette

Epaulette (also spelled epaulet) is a type of ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations.

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Feldgendarmerie

The Feldgendarmerie were the gendarmerie; a type of military police units of the armies of the Kingdom of Saxony (from 1810), the German Empire and the Third Reich until the conclusion of World War II.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Flag of South Carolina

The flag of the U.S. state of South Carolina has existed in some form since 1775, being based on one of the first Revolutionary War flags.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–63) comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63.

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Gardes du Corps (Prussia)

The Gardes du Corps (Regiment der Gardes du Corps) was the personal bodyguard of the king of Prussia and, after 1871, of the German emperor (in German, the Kaiser).

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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George Catlin

George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.

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German Army (German Empire)

The Imperial German Army (Deutsches Heer) was the name given to the combined land and air forces of the German Empire (excluding the Marine-Fliegerabteilung maritime aviation formations of the Imperial German Navy).

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History of Australia

The History of Australia refers to the history of the area and people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding Indigenous and colonial societies.

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Hummingbird

Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae.

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Improved Outer Tactical Vest

The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV), is an enhanced version of, and a replacement for, the older Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) variant of the Interceptor body armor, as fielded by the United States Army.

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Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF; IAST: Bhāratīya Vāyu Senā) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces.

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Iridescence

Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear to gradually change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes.

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Lance rest

A lance rest (also known as an arrêt de cuirasse or, more simply, an arrêt) is a metal flange that is typically attached to the right side of a breastplate, just under the armpit.

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Leather

Leather is a durable and flexible material created by tanning animal rawhides, mostly cattle hide.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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Mail (armour)

Mail or maille (also chain mail(le) or chainmail(le)) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

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Mail coif

A mail coif is a type of armour which covered the head.

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Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

"Masks" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 169th episode overall.

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Mexican Army

The Mexican Army (Ejército Mexicano) is the combined land and air branch and is the largest of the Mexican Armed Forces; it is also known as the National Defense Army.

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Modular Tactical Vest

The Modular Tactical Vest (in short: MTV or MoTaV) is a ballistic vest originally adopted by the United States Marine Corps in 2006.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

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Officer cadet

Officer cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers.

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Officer of the day

The officer of the day (OOD) is a detail rotated each day among the unit/post's commissioned officers and/or warrant officers.

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Osceola

Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838), born as Billy Powell, became an influential leader of the Seminole in Florida.

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Pauldron

A pauldron (sometimes spelled pouldron or powldron) is a component of plate armor, which evolved from spaulders in the 15th century.

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Plate armour

Plate armor is a historical type of personal body armour made from iron or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer.

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Prehistoric Ireland

The prehistory of Ireland has been pieced together from archaeological and genetic evidence; it begins with the first evidence of humans in Ireland around 12,500 years ago and finishes with the start of the historical record around 400 AD.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal cypher

In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a crown.

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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre.

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Sallet

The sallet (also called celata, salade and schaller) was a war helmet that replaced the bascinet in Italy, western and northern Europe and Hungary during the mid-15th century.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Shell gorget

Shell gorgets are a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck.

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Sri Lanka Air Force

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) (Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai) is the air arm and the youngest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten, literally “Defense Force”) is the government agency that forms the military forces of Sweden, and which is tasked with defence of the country, as well as promoting Sweden's wider interests, supporting international peacekeeping efforts, and providing humanitarian aid.

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Throat

In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the front part of the neck, positioned in front of the vertebra.

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Virginia Regiment

The Virginia Regiment was formed in 1754 by Virginia's Royal Governor Robert Dinwiddie, as a provincial corps.

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William Moultrie

William Moultrie (November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was a planter and politician who became a general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorget

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