. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 73 In the collections of the West Point Museum is a button, carrying the "Essayons" device, that was excavated in the area behind the "Long Barracks," which burned in 1825. Another such button ex- cavated at Sackets Harbor on the site of an 1812-181 5 barracks bears a maker's name (Wishart) of the 1812-1816 period. WAIST-BELT PLATE, GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS, 1832 (?)-1850 USNM 604145-M (S-K 30i). Figure 74. This buckle is similar to the one (shown in fig. 73) that belonged to Capt. Charles O. Collins, but it is d
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 73 In the collections of the West Point Museum is a button, carrying the "Essayons" device, that was excavated in the area behind the "Long Barracks," which burned in 1825. Another such button ex- cavated at Sackets Harbor on the site of an 1812-181 5 barracks bears a maker's name (Wishart) of the 1812-1816 period. WAIST-BELT PLATE, GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICERS, 1832 (?)-1850 USNM 604145-M (S-K 30i). Figure 74. This buckle is similar to the one (shown in fig. 73) that belonged to Capt. Charles O. Collins, but it is different in that the letters "; are enclosed not by a laurel wreath but by a sprig of laurel on the right side and a sprig of palm on the left. The 1841 uniform regulations specified such a belt plate for officers of the Corps of Engineers, but with a "turreted castle, raised in silver" rather than the letters "; This. Figure 74.—.Specimen in \'alley Forge Chapel Museum, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. places the proljable date of manufacture of this specimen in the 1840's. COAT-SKIRT ORNAMENT, GENERAL STAFF, 1832 USNM 8040. Figure 75. This skirt ornament, on buff^ cloth, is from a coat worn by Capt. Thomas Swords when he was assistant quartermaster general in 1838. The design consists of three 6-pointed stars of gold bullion cord: a line. 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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