Royal Army Chaplains' Department Chaplain-General Gold-Leaf Gorgets
Chaplain-General Gold-Leaf Gorgets. Purple cloth with gold oak-leaf embroidery and black chaplain buttons.
Description
Chaplain-General only. Select the size for the coat and order of dress. Shirt gorgets are a separate smaller pattern.
Specification
Gender
Male & Female
Construction
Class 1 and above wear purple gorget patches with a central line of purple plaited-silk embroidery and a 22-ligne black RAChD button, in place of collar badges.
Gorget tabs worn with No. 3 and No. 4 Dress are detachable.
Trim
The Chaplain-General's gorget patches use a central line of gold-leaf embroidery with two acorns above and below.
Dimension And Placement
The No. 13 and No. 14 Dress gorget tab is approximately two inches long and is attached to the end of the shirt collar.
On No. 1 and No. 3 Dress jackets, gorget tabs are one and one-quarter inches wide and four and one-half inches long, with triangular points facing rearwards.
On No. 2 and No. 4 Dress tunics, gorget tabs are three and one-half inches long and shaped to the collar step with the points facing upwards.
Source Evidence
The cited source passage identifies Purple Gorget Patches as the gorget patches article in this prescription.
Related uniforms
Completes
the uniforms
Orders of dress completed by this product for Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
No. 1 Dress - Female
Direct uniform association
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
No. 1 Dress - Male
Direct uniform association
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Service Dress - Female
Direct uniform association
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Service Dress - Male
Direct uniform association