. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The design enjoyed a long life, and plates of this general pattern were struck well into the 1880's. The major difference between earlier and later specimens is that the early ones were struck on rather heavy sheets of copper-colored brass, with fasteners consisting of a tongue and heavy wire loops brazed to the reverse. The later plates have a bright brassy color, are struck on thin brass, and have the loop and tongue soldered rather than brazed. WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1840 USNM 604108-M (_S-K 264). Figure 210. The lack of a mane on the beast
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The design enjoyed a long life, and plates of this general pattern were struck well into the 1880's. The major difference between earlier and later specimens is that the early ones were struck on rather heavy sheets of copper-colored brass, with fasteners consisting of a tongue and heavy wire loops brazed to the reverse. The later plates have a bright brassy color, are struck on thin brass, and have the loop and tongue soldered rather than brazed. WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1840 USNM 604108-M (_S-K 264). Figure 210. The lack of a mane on the beast on this plate marks it as a tiger. The best known and most affluent Militia organization with the nickname "Tigers" was the Boston Light Infantry, although a number of others also were so-called. The craftsmanship and general elegance of this gold-plated brass specimen suggests that it was worn by an officer, though an occasional volunteer company was so richly endowed that all its members, officers and enlisted men alike, wore expensive devices. The bench-assembled manu- facturing technique, gaudy embellishment, and lack of a distinct Victorian touch date the piece about 1840. The tiger's head is Figure qio WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1840 USNM 604104-M (S~K 260). Figure 211. The full-flowing mane on the beast on this plate identifies it as a lion. The device would have been appropriate for wear by the .\lbany Burgesses Corps, which, when founded in 1833, almost immediately adopted the lion's head as its distinctive 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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