Figure 249 



Figure 247 



Figure 248 



be run through the blockade are generally distinguish- 

 able by their unusually sharp, clean die work. The 

 center device of this specimen is struck in brass and 

 brazed in place; the remainder of the plate is brass- 

 cast. 



WAIST-BELT PLATE, GRAY GUARDS, C. 1850 



VSNM 60489-M (S-K 245') ■ Figure 250. 



The unit for which this plate was made cannot be 

 precisely identified. It is reasonable to assume that 

 there were several Militia organizations called ''Gray 



Figure 250 



Guards." The central '"o" probably indicates 

 '"Company G." The whole is cast brass. 



WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1850 



USNM 60490-M ( S-K 246) . Figure 251 . 



This plain brass plate of unusually fine manufac- 

 ture is very definitely a stock pattern which could have 

 been sold without ornament or, as was more likely, 

 with a center device added by soldering or brazing. 

 The plate was cast in three pieces, with the round 

 center brazed to the belt attachment. It was bench- 

 fitted, as indicated by the numbers on the reverse of 

 the inner and outer rings. 



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