Figure 71
This plate, of silver on copper, is plain oval and slightly convex.
SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, ARTILLERY, C. 1821
USNM 604315 (S-K 471). Not illustrated.
This specimen is identical to the preceding one except that it is in plain brass.
¶ The 1832 uniform regulations brought some well-defined changes. General and staff officers were to wear gilt waist-belt plates "having the letters U S and a sprig of laurel on each side in silver," and the bottom of the skirts of officers' coats were to bear distinctive devices—a gold-embroidered star for general officers and officers of the general staff, a shell and flame in gold embroidery for artillery officers, and silver-embroidered bugles for infantry officers.
WAIST-BELT PLATE, GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS, 1832
USNM 664. Figure 72.