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What the &@^# is a Gorget?
A gorget is a steel or leather collar designed to protect the throat. It was a feature of older types of armor and we still wear a throat protector on our modern IBA armor today. Beginning in the 18th century, the gorget became primarily ornamental, serving only as a symbolic accessory on military uniforms. G. Washington wore one as a badge of rank during the French and Indian War. South Carolina Soldiers adapted the gorget into a stylized cap badge during the revolutionary war and it eventually became part of the South Carolina state flag.
