. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 129 wearing a plate similar to the one used by the Rea:u- lars, differing only in its brass composition, as opposed to the original pewter of the 1812 regulations.'"* A cap in the collections of the Valley Forge Museum that was worn by a member of this unit in the period 1835-1845 is very similar to the one shown in the Huddy and Duval print. The cap is a copy of the 1812 Regular Army pattern, with somewhat more ornate brass bindings in place of the iron strips. A similar cap, carrying the label "Canfield and Bro., Baltimore
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 129 wearing a plate similar to the one used by the Rea:u- lars, differing only in its brass composition, as opposed to the original pewter of the 1812 regulations.'"* A cap in the collections of the Valley Forge Museum that was worn by a member of this unit in the period 1835-1845 is very similar to the one shown in the Huddy and Duval print. The cap is a copy of the 1812 Regular Army pattern, with somewhat more ornate brass bindings in place of the iron strips. A similar cap, carrying the label "Canfield and Bro., Baltimore," is owned by , Virginia, de- scendants of a member of the Rockbridge [Virginia] Dragoons. That unit is said to have worn such a cap upon first entering Confederate service in 1861. In the national collections there is a dragoon cap (USNM 604767, S-K 912) carrying a plate of this design struck on a massive diamond-shaped piece with concave sides. There are additional variations in several private collections and at the Fort Ticon- deroga Museum. The mounted horseman device was also struck on heart-shaped martingale ornaments. '"8 See Military Magazine (February 1840), pi. 29. CAP PLATE, DRAGOONS, C. 1830 USNM 60254-M (S-K 12). Figure BO. The horseman on this brass plate, designed with a rather crude, childlike simplicity, is garbed quite differently than the Regular dragoon on the 1812 I)ewter specimen. The plate is assigned to the general 1830 period to fit the era of the diamond-shaped plates, but its use doubtless continued on into the 1840's. By nature of its design it would have been a mnnufacturer's stock pattern. CAP PLATE, ARTILLERYCn, C. 1830 USNM 60301-MCS-K59). Figure 131. The eagle on this brass plate is similar to the ones on the preceding shield plates, but the Federal shield on which he stands is ornamented with three star devices composed of smaller stars. An unusual fea- ture of this plate is the addition of the flaming portion of a gr
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