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designation, "2d comp^. 23d reg''".", also in gold, is 

 below. The artwork, although somewhat unartisti- 

 cally executed, has an attractive simplicity. Other 

 such hat fronts in the national collections are of the 

 2d Company, 6th Regiment: .'id Compan\-, 6th Regi- 



ment; and 1st Company, 8th Regiment. The plate 

 shown here has metal loops soldered to the reverse 

 close to the edge midway between top and bottom 

 for attachment to a civilian type hat by means of 

 a ribbon or strip of cloth. Other such plates have 

 hole for attachment with string. 



CAP PL.\TE, SOUTH CAROLINA, C. I835-I850 



USNM mi8-M {S-K 74). Figm HS. 



This crescent-shaped, silver-on-coppsr plate bears 

 an eagle that is very similar in design to the one 

 adopted by the Regular Army in 1821. Sometimes 

 mistakenly identified as a gorget because of its shape, 

 the crescent form of the specimen is an old South 

 Carolina State heraldic device. A cap worn by the 

 Charleston Light Dragoons after the Civil War, and 



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