Figure 107 



Regulars. This plate is thought to be one of the 

 earliest of the post-1821 series of Militia cap plates 

 incorporating the discarded design of the Regular 

 artillery. 



UNIDENTIFIED ORNAMENT, PROBABLY CAP PLATE, C. 

 I82I 



L'SNM 60331-M QS-K 87). Figure 108. 



This silver-on-copper plate is unique in size, shape, 

 and over-all design. It is one of the most unusual 

 Militia insignia in the national collections. The 

 standing eagle of the 1807 mint design with Federal 

 shield, the panoply of arms and colors, and the rayed 

 background all suggest that this plate was made not 

 later than the early 1820's. Quite possibly it is a cap 

 plate of the War of 1812 period, but positive dating 

 is impossible. Three simple wire fasteners arc affixed 

 to the reverse. 



CAP PLATE, ARTILLERY, C. 1825 



L'SNM 60255-M QS-K l}). Figure 109. 



.\lthough the Regular riflemen wore a diamond- 

 shaped plate from 1812 to 1814, this shape does not 

 appear on Militia caps until the mid-1820's. It was 

 a common form through the 1830's, but since it was 

 always made as a one-piece die-struck plate it became 

 out-dated in the late 1830's when the composite 

 plates came into vogue. 



This plate, struck in brass and bearing the eagle-on- 

 cannon device, must be considered a stock pattern 

 available to many organizations. Insignia struck 

 from the same die could have been easily made into 

 shoulder-belt plates as well. 



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