SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, OFFICER, ARTILLERY CORPS, 1814-1821
USNM 60247 (S-K 5). Figure 61.
Figure 61
This is a companion piece to the Artillery Corps waist-belt plate described above. It was struck in brass from the die of the 1814 Artillery Corps cap plate, type I, again with a thin sheet of iron applied to the reverse before the strike. There is no pewter filling; the beveled edges of the piece together with the adhesive effect of the strike—which shows through very clearly—holds on the back. The plate is fitted with two simple bent-wire fasteners for attachment, indicating that it was intended for ornamental use only. Like its waist-belt plate counterpart, this specimen must be considered an officer's device.
SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, INFANTRY, 1814-1821
USNM 60248-M (S-K 6). Figure 62.
