CAP PLATE, C. 1821
USNM 60262 (S-K 20). Figure 111.
Figure 111
The familiar hooked-beak eagle dominates the center of this brass, scalloped-edge plate. The arrows of belligerency, however, are held in the left talon. Surrounding the eagle is a three-quarter wreath of olive with the national motto above and the date 1776 below. While there is a possibility that this plate may fall into the period 1814-1821 because of its outline shape, it lacks the panoply of arms associated with that era. It is much more probable that this is one of the earliest plates made for Militia during the years 1821-1830. Since this plate is also known in silver-on-copper, it is considered a stock pattern.
CAP PLATE, MILITIA, ARTILLERY(?), C. 1821
USNM 60306-M (S-K 63). Figure 112.
