WAIST-BELT PLATE, INFANTRY NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER, 1834
USNM 604111 (S-K 267). Figure 82.
Figure 82
This plate and belt are identical to the artillery specimen above except that the left-hand round portion exhibits three stacked muskets and a drum instead of crossed cannon.
Figure 83.—Specimen in collection of William E. Codd, Towson, Maryland.
¶ NCO belt plates similar to the two above also appeared in what might be called a staff or branch immaterial pattern, with the crossed cannon and/or stacked muskets and drum replaced by the letters "US" alone (fig. [83]). This pattern apparently was intended for wear by NCO's other than those assigned to the infantry, artillery, or dragoons.