. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. turned inside. Top arched. Front of the cap supported by the arch of the top, which slopes down from its ; â " There were nimierdus \ariations in these caps be- tween 1813 and 1821, partially owing to the large number of difTerent contractors who made them during the period and partially to the minor changes author- ized by the Secretary of War in his original letter of appro\al in which he stated: "with such impro\c- ments as experience may ; "' Among others these \ariations included the method of attach
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. turned inside. Top arched. Front of the cap supported by the arch of the top, which slopes down from its ; â " There were nimierdus \ariations in these caps be- tween 1813 and 1821, partially owing to the large number of difTerent contractors who made them during the period and partially to the minor changes author- ized by the Secretary of War in his original letter of appro\al in which he stated: "with such impro\c- ments as experience may ; "' Among others these \ariations included the method of attaching the front to the crown, painting the edge of the "front piece" white, a molding of blocked tin around the cap, and the height of the "front piece" above the ;'- This cap followed a pattern adopted by the British in 1812. In that year they replaced their leather "stove- pipe" with a new shako of felt, still cylindrical but with the body shortened and a false front added to give the ilusion of height. This new type was generally termed the "Waterloo" after 1815.'* It is interesting to note that the United States adopted a British pattern even though at war with them at the Two specimens of this pattern cap which can be as- cribed to the Regular Establishment with fair degree of certainty have been examined and are almost identical in construction and appearance, although differing somewhat in height. Both are of basic three-piece con- struction, that is cylinder, visor, and crown, well-made throughout, and painted black. The one in the national collections (figs. 13-15) is believed possibly to have been an officer's cap in \iew of the very stylish, albeit non-regulation, front plate which gi\es e\idence of being ;* Not quite cylindrical, the cap meas- ures 6/a inches in diameter at the top and 7/2 in the base. Overall height with the false front is 9/2 inches with the height to the .seam 6/2-'''' The vis
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