Figure 152 



Figure 153 



CAP PLATE, REPUBLICAN BLUES, C. 1836 



USNM 604606 (I-K 753). Figure 152. 



This silver-metal plate can be accurately identified 

 by reading its devices. The center device is from the 

 seal of the State of Georgia. During the period that 

 the plate was worn, one of the best known of the 

 State's Militia organizations was the Republican 

 Blues — the "rb" on the plate — of Savannah."^ 

 The silver color of the plate also agrees with the other 

 trimmings of the uniform of that unit. 



CAP PLATE, IRISH DRAGOONS, C. 1840 



USNM 604605 (S-K 752'). Figure 153. 



This three-quarter-sunburst plate with the mono- 

 gram "i d" applied in silver is identical to one on a 

 brass-bound dragoon cap in the national collections 

 carrying in its crown the label "Irish Dragoons, 

 Brooklyn, N.Y." (USNM 604691, S-K 837). It is 

 typical of the two-piece sunburst-type plates and was 

 probably worn until the 1850's. The plate was at- 

 tached by means of two looped-wire fasteners that 

 were run through holes in the helmet and secured by 

 leather thongs. 



"» A volunteer Militia company known as the Republican 

 Blues was organized in Savannah in 1808. From notes filed 

 under "Georgia National Guard" in Organizational History 

 and Honors Branch, Office of the Chief of Military History, 

 Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. 



CAP AND PLATE, LANCER TYPE, C. 1840 



USNM 604688-M (S-K 834). Figure 154. 



With no regulations but their own to restrain them, 

 Militia organizations designed their uniforms to suit 

 their fancies, although sjenerallv following the regu- 



FiGURE 154 



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