Figure 237 



propriate for wear l)y Texas Militia. Obviously a 

 stock pattern, it would also have been sold to Militia 

 organizations in other parts of the country. As in the 

 case of most round plates, the outer ring is of a stand- 

 ard design; variation in ])altern would occur on the 

 inner ring. 



WAIST-BELT PL.\TE, NEW YORK, C. 1850 



USNM 604125-M (J-K 2*i). Figurt 239. 



This brass-struck rectangular plate carries the arms 

 of the State of New York '" with its familiar eagle-on- 

 half-globe device. The whole is superimposed on a 

 sunburst background. The plate originally was made 

 for Militia, but it is conceivable that such a plate may 

 have been worn by early imifornied police. 



WAIST-BELT PLATE, NEW YORK, C. 1850 



USNM 60487-M (J-K 243'). Figure 240. 



This brass-cast plate with its letters "s n y" for 

 State of New York is copied directly from the 1836 

 plate for noncommissioned officers of the Regular 

 Establishment. The example is the oldest known use 

 of the letters "s n y" for New York Militia. In later 

 patterns, the letters "s n y" and "n y" were placed on 

 rectangular plates and on oval plates worn on the 

 waist belt and on cartridge boxes just prior to and 

 during the Civil War. Small square plates with 

 silver, Old English letters "ny" are included in the 

 1900 catalog of the \\'arnock Uniform Co. of New 



Figure 240 



Figure 239 



'" For tlie variations in the arms of New York see Zieber, pp. 

 166-167. 



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