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Figure 203 



Figure 205 



sold to several different units. The rectangular plate 

 with the vine-patterned border was a stock pattern in 

 itself, with many different devices being added in the 

 center as ordered. This is one of the many pieces cf 

 insignia too often called Confederate but which ante- 

 date the Ca\ il War bv almost two decades. 



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 WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1840 



USNM 60438 8-M (S~K535). Figm-e 205. 



The eagle device on this silver-on-copper specimen 

 closely resembles that on the cap plate of the First 

 Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry (USNM 604964-M) 

 and may possibly be the matching belt-plate worn Ijy 



that organization. Such an eagle, however, would 

 have been a stock pattern of the manufacturer, and 

 sold to many different units. A very unusual aspect 

 of this particular eagle are the three arrows held in 

 the left talon: two of them point inward, the third 

 outward. 



WAIST-BELT PLATE, ARTILLERY, C. 1840 

 USNM 604106-M (S-K 262'). Figure 206. 



Although members of the artillery of the Regular 

 Establishment wore the crossed-cannon device on 

 their shakos, they never wore it on waist- or shoulder- 

 belt plates. Thus, this cast-brass plate must ha\-e been 



Figure 206 



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