Talk:Gorget

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	Medieval warfare task force (c. 500–c. 1500)

Webster's New Universal International Dictionary says that a gorget was a cresent shaped ornement on a chain that was worn around the neck as a badge of rank by officers in the middle ages. Also in 1775 Col. William Moultrie designed a flag for the Revolutionary War troops from South Carolina. He chose a blue field, the same shade as the uniforms, with a silver gorget that echoed the symbol on their caps. Almost 100 years later the General Assembly designed a flag for the new nation after succeding from the union. They chose Moultrie's flag with the gorget and added a palmetto tree, a reference to the palmetto log fort used by Moultrie and his troops to succesfully defend Charleston Harbor from the British Navy.

Please add that to the article with citations. Durova 00:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There is no 'last' armor worn on the battlefield - today, helmets and vests protect soldiers.

In the context of its placement in the article the reference is clearly to medieval and renaissance armor.

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