Description
Product Description: Presenting an excellent example of a Heer Standard Bearers Gorget. The body of the gorget is made of nickel silver, with light even uncleaned patina throughout. On the face of the gorget, the central eagle is flanked by regimental standards. The front design retains most of the original dark finish. The fine green wool backing, on the reverse of the gorget, remains complete with no damage. The chain adjustment prongs, as well as the central prong, are intact and without repairs. The central prong is marked with the maker’s logo “A”, for “Assmann & Sohne, Ludenschied”. A full length nickel silver chain accompanies this gorget, with nearly all original finish and absolutely no repairs. Assmann is one of the toughest makers of the Heer Standard Bearers Gorget to find. This is a very nice and desirable Heer Standard Bearers Gorget, in an exceptional condition.
Historical Description: Gorgets were originally part of a knight’s armor during medieval times. Long after suits of armor were abandoned, the gorget continued to be used in many European armies as a form of military insignia. In the Imperial German Army until 1914, gorgets were worn as a special mark of distinction by certain elite units. Following WWI, German paramilitary and police organizations used gorgets for standard bearers, as insignia, and to denote personnel assigned special tasks. Following the Nazi rise to power, there was a vast increase in the number of uniformed organizations, and a variety of new gorgets were instituted for use by these civil, political and paramilitary organizations, as well as by the military. Standard bearers of most organizations, who were entrusted with carrying flags at rallies and in parades, wore gorgets. Other gorgets indicated assignment to guard or security forces. The military police personnel of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS had their own gorgets as a part of their uniforms and were nicknamed “chained dogs” by the troops, due to the chain used to suspend the gorget around the wearer’s neck. Because gorgets were never general issue to all personnel of any organization or military branch, they were manufactured in limited numbers, and are generally scarce to encounter today.
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