WAIST-BELT PLATE, INFANTRY, 1839
USNM 604398 (S-K 545). Figure 91.
Figure 91
This specimen is identical to the preceding plate except that it is fitted with two brass hooks for attachment to the belt and the reverse is stamped with the maker's name, "Boyd & Sons." No trace of a manufacturer of such products by the name of Boyd has been found. It is probable that he worked during the Civil War period when there were many such contractors.
WAIST-BELT PLATE, INFANTRY, 1839
USNM 604399 (S-K 546). Not illustrated.
This plate is identical to those above except that the reverse is stamped with the maker's name. "H. A. Dingee."