Figure 187
This brass, bench-assembled plate is similar to the Regular artillery belt plate of 1816 (fig. [56]) in that the design on the inner ring is struck with a series of separate hand-held dies on a piece of blank round stock. The floral design on the belt attachments is cast. In many of the early bench-made plates, the final assemblyman marked the matching pairs so that they could readily be re-paired after buffing and plating. In this specimen, each ring bears the numeral XXVIII.
WAIST-BELT PLATE, NEW YORK, C. 1830
USNM 60467-M (S-K 223). Figure 188.
Figure 188
This plate, with the center ring struck in medium brass and the belt attachment cast, was worn by Militia of New York State, as indicated by the eagle-on-half-globe device taken from that state's seal. Of brass, it is assigned to the artillery. The quality of the belt to which it is attached and the ornateness of the plate itself indicate that it was made for an officer. The left-hand belt attachment is missing.
WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1830
USNM 60470-M (S-K 226). Figure 189.