Original Spanish-American War Spanish Officer’s Gorget with Original Chain & Felt Backing Manufacture Type_New Made Items It looks to be nickel

It looks to be nickel or chrome plated

-Unframed Citation for Spongberg’s Commendation Medal

but Germany was different

This material unfortunately does not age well

this has come to us from a collection amassed in the 1950's and 1960's that has been in storage for the last 50 years

Original Spanish-American War Spanish Officer’s Gorget with Original Chain & Felt Backing Manufacture Type_New Made Items It looks to be nickelOriginal Item. Only One Available. A gorget, from the French gorge meaning throat, was 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. The term later described a steel or leather collar to protect the throat, a set of pieces of plate armor, or a single piece of plate armor hanging from the neck and covering the throat and chest. Later, particularly from the 18th century, the