Figure 147
The Jackson Artillerists of Philadelphia, after the appearance of the regular dragoon cap plate in 1833 and the large crossed cannon of the regular artillery one year later, lost no time in combining these two devices to make their distinctive cap device.[117] It seems probable, however, that the plate was adopted by other artillery units and eventually became more or less of a stock pattern.
CAP PLATE, WASHINGTON GRAYS(?), C. 1836
USNM 604608-M (S-K 755). Figure 148.
Figure 148
The Washington Grays of Philadelphia wore a diamond-shaped plate with a likeness of George Washington in the center (see fig. [139]), but this plate, for some other "Washington" unit, bears his likeness in silver metal on a brass sunburst background. This silver outline of the head of Washington is also known on cartridge-box flaps of the period.