USNM 60499-M (S-K 255). Figure 255.
Figure 255
The musician's lyre has never been strictly a military ornament, being widely worn by civilian bands; thus, this plate cannot precisely be identified as military or nonmilitary. Unlike most plates of this type and period, the entire piece is struck in brass rather than cast.
WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1850
USNM 60485-M (S-K 241). Figure 256.
Figure 256