. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 4 COCKADE EAGLE, C. 1800-1821 USNM 60362-M (i"-K US). Figure 5. Cast in pewter and gold-finished, this eagle looks to the right, stands on clouds, and holds three arrows (facing inward) in the right talon and an upright olive branch in the left. War of 1812 period, and was not used in new designs by the Regular Army after 1821. Eagles of identical design and size are also known in pewter without finish. Such an eagle could have been worn by Militia as well as Regulars. Similar specimens have been at Regular Army canton
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 4 COCKADE EAGLE, C. 1800-1821 USNM 60362-M (i"-K US). Figure 5. Cast in pewter and gold-finished, this eagle looks to the right, stands on clouds, and holds three arrows (facing inward) in the right talon and an upright olive branch in the left. War of 1812 period, and was not used in new designs by the Regular Army after 1821. Eagles of identical design and size are also known in pewter without finish. Such an eagle could have been worn by Militia as well as Regulars. Similar specimens have been at Regular Army cantonment sites of the Figure 5 The eagle-on-clouds design is first seen on coins on the 1795 silver dollar.''^ It was popular during the •' Engraved by Robert Scott after a design by Gilbert Stuart. COCKADE EAGLE, OFFICERS, I800-I82I USNM 66352-~M. Figure 6. This cockade eagle, which is struck in thin brass and silvered, was excavated on the site of a War of 1812 cantonment. Comparison with similar speci- mens in other collections indicates that the missing head was turned to the right. This eagle is classed as an officer's device because of its silvered brass composition. The elements comprising the arc on which the eagle stands cannot be identified because of the lightness of the strike. \ When the dragoons were disbanded in the 1802 reduction following the dissipation of the French scare, distinctive hat devices other than cockades 10. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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