USNM 604126-M (S-K 282). Figure 202.
Figure 202
This plate, struck in poor-quality, medium-weight brass, is of a stock pattern bearing the eagle-on-half-globe device and the motto "Excelsior" from the New York State seal superimposed on a panoply of arms and colors. This type of belt plate, with the device on the inner panel and a wreath between the inner and outer borders, is most characteristic of the 1840's. More than ten different plates are known that vary only as to the design of the inner panel; some contain New York State heraldic devices, and others contain variants of the usual eagle design of the period.
WAIST-BELT PLATE, PHILADELPHIA, C. 1840
USNM 604390 (S-K 537). Figure 203.
Figure 203