Figure i02 



FiGi'RE 103 



CAP PLATE, I8I4-I825(?) 



USNM 60264-M QS-K 22). Figure 10} . 



Struck in copper and silvered, this piece is a die 

 variant of the preceding plate. A floral border re- 

 places the plain border, and the overhead arc has 

 5-pointed rather than 6-pointed stars. The floral 

 border marks it as probably an officer's device. 



CAP PLATE, I8I4-I825(?) 



mNM 60313-M QS-K 69). Figure 104. 



A die variant of the preceding plate, this device 

 has an unusuafly wide floral border. As in so many 

 of the common pieces of this period, the center 

 device was purposely designed small so that the die 

 could be used to strike matching waist-belt plates. 

 E.xamples of waist-belt plates struck from dies of 

 this particular design are known. Struck in copper, 

 there is a plume socket soldered to the reverse along 

 with two looped-wire fasteners. The fasteners are 

 not contemporary. 



CAP PLATE, I8I4-I825(?) 



mNM 60314-M {_S-K 70'). Figure 105. 



This is a die variant of the three plates immediately 

 preceding. However, the center device lacks the 

 fineness of detail of the others, a fact that suggests 

 that several makers working with different die sinkers 

 produced this basic pattern. The plate is struck in 

 copper, and originally it had a plume socket attached 

 to the reverse. The present looped-wire fasteners 

 are not original. 



CAP PLATE, I8I4-I825(?) 



USNM 60299-M QS-K 57). Figure 106. 



This plate, which is of brass, is of a less common 

 design than its predecessors. However, since there is 

 another such plate, but of silver-on-copper, in the 

 national collections, it can Ije surmised that pieces 

 of this same pattern were made for use by several 

 different units. 



A floral-bordered shield is topped by an out-sized 

 sunl)urst with 13 stars, clouds, and the motto "Unitv 



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