gorget
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19790001-008
- Event 1775-1783 American Revolution
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1775
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1775/01/01
- Latest 1775/12/31
- Inscription QUEBEC MILITIA GR 1775
- Materials Brass, Fibre unidentified
- Service Component Quebec Militia
- Measurements Height 11.0 cm, Width 9.0 cm, Thickness 4.0 cm
- Caption Militia Officer's Gorget Quebec Militia
- Additional Information Officers wore gorgets as a badge of rank. The markings on this gorget commemorate the successful defence of Quebec City in 1775-1776.
- Caption Officer's Gorget, Quebec Militia
- Additional Information Militia Officer's Gorget.Officers wore gorgets as a badge of rank. The markings on this gorget commemorate the successful defence of Quebec City in 1775-1776.
- Caption Quebec City Militia Officer's Uniform
- Additional Information This uniform belonged to an officer of the 3rd Battalion, Quebec City Militia, which served alongside British regulars as part of the city's garrison. The 1775 on the buttons commemorates the battalion's previous service defending Quebec during the American Revolution.