USNM 60251-M (S-K 9). Figure 139.
Figure 139
This brass, diamond-shaped plate was worn by the Washington Grays, a light artillery outfit of Philadelphia. Within a raised oval are a profile of Washington—with his shoulders draped in a toga, a typically neoclassic touch—and, below, the unit designation "GRAYS" in raised letters. A matching oval shoulder-belt plate struck from the same die is known.[113]
Many Militia units named themselves after prominent military personalities. There were Washington Guards, Washington Rifles, Jackson Artillerists, and so forth.
CAP PLATE, NATIONAL GREYS, C. 1835
USNM 60291-M (S-K 49). Figure 140.
