3cm (1.5in) x 10cm (4in) x 9.5cm (3.8in)
Gilt copper. Rare type with rim rolled around a length of wire, the body embossed with the GR cypher of George III beneath the Guelphic crown flanked on both sides by Union sprays of Rose, Thistle and Shamrock for England, Scotland and Ireland as unified by the Act of Union (1801).
Worn by British officers as a last vestige of armour and as symbolic of knightly rank, the gorget was retained in the British Army until 1830, latterly being used to signify an officer on duty. Prior to the introduction of the universal pattern gorget in 1797, they were regimentally specific under the British Army Clothing Warrant of 1768.