. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. the uniformed Militia units of the 1840's and 1850's were Garibaldi Guards, German Guards, and Gray Guards. This piece could have been the device of any of the three. The letters are aflfLxed with wire fas- teners, and a safety pin is soldered to the rear of the plate proper for decorative attachment. SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, C. 1850 USNM 604363-M (J"-K 519'). Figure 2(>4. This oval brass plate with the wirc-aflixcd siKcr- on-copper letters "ag" is unidentified, but it might well have been worn by the American Guards, or by a u
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. the uniformed Militia units of the 1840's and 1850's were Garibaldi Guards, German Guards, and Gray Guards. This piece could have been the device of any of the three. The letters are aflfLxed with wire fas- teners, and a safety pin is soldered to the rear of the plate proper for decorative attachment. SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, C. 1850 USNM 604363-M (J"-K 519'). Figure 2(>4. This oval brass plate with the wirc-aflixcd siKcr- on-copper letters "ag" is unidentified, but it might well have been worn by the American Guards, or by a uniformed company from some city as Atlanta or Albany, with the letter "g" representing "Grays," "Guards," "Grenadiers," or the like. It was attached to the belt with three simple wire Figure 264 SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, C. 1850 USNM 604B5-M QS-K 491). Figure 265. The white-metal device on this brass plate comprises elements of the arms of "New Amsterdam" topped by the crest of the arms of New York State with supporting figures representing the original Indian owner of Manhattan Island and the mariner who became the first white settler. The specimen is belie\ed to ha\e been worn b\' the New York Citv. 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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