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Gorget plates

Scope note

Components of some close helmets and closed burgonets, protecting the neck, consisting of two or three articulated metal lames riveted at the front to the bevor and at the rear to the skull. They also form the lower part of the falling buffe for a burgonet. TARA

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000203708

Broader Terms used

<helmet components>

Term used for

plates, gorget

Equivalent Terms used

gorget plate

Created

13yrs ago

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