Figure 34 



although totally different in rendering), make it 

 difficult to assign this plate to any source other than 

 the Academy. It is possiljle, of course, that this was 

 a manufacturer's sample which was never actually 

 adopted for wear at West Point. The apparent 

 maker's name, "c.\s.\d,'' at the bottom of the oval, 

 does not appear in the city directories of any of the 

 larger manufacturing centers of the period. 



Figure 36. — Specimen in West Point Museum. 

 West Point, New York. 



CAP INSIGNIA, 1832 (?) 



USNM 60365-M (S-K 121). Figure 37. 



Despite the facts that there was no change in cap 

 insignia authorized in the 1832 uniform regulations 

 and that this specimen is similar in most respects to 



Figure 35 



Figure 37 



6485;!!— b;) 4 



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