. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure i 42 the brass square, it would ha\'e been worn as an officer's chapeau ornament or as a side ornament on the round leather draa;oon cap of the period. The four arrows in the eagle's left talon are unusual. CHAPEAU COCKADE, GENERAL OFFICER, C. 1840 USNM 604962-M (_S-K 1106). Figure 146. This large, round chapeau cockade with its gold embroidery and sequins on black-ribbed silk and its ring of 24 silver-metal stars appears to be identical. Figure 143 to cockades that have been shown as being worn around 1839 by Gen. Edmund P. Gaines an
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure i 42 the brass square, it would ha\'e been worn as an officer's chapeau ornament or as a side ornament on the round leather draa;oon cap of the period. The four arrows in the eagle's left talon are unusual. CHAPEAU COCKADE, GENERAL OFFICER, C. 1840 USNM 604962-M (_S-K 1106). Figure 146. This large, round chapeau cockade with its gold embroidery and sequins on black-ribbed silk and its ring of 24 silver-metal stars appears to be identical. Figure 143 to cockades that have been shown as being worn around 1839 by Gen. Edmund P. Gaines and Gen. Winfield Scott "^ but without the added center eagle. Close examination of this cockade shows it to be complete, with no traces of a center eagle ever having been added. The 24 stars would have been appropriate at any time between 1821 and 1836. CAP AND CAP PLATE, JACKSON ARTILLERISTS, C. 1836 USNM 604780 QS-K 925). Figure 147. The Jackson Artillerists of Philadelphia, after the appearance of the regular dragoon cap plate in 1833 and the large crossed cannon of the regular artillery one year later, lost no time in combining these two devices to make their distinctive cap device.''" It seems probable, however, that the plate was adopted by other artillery units and eventually became more or less of a stock pattern. CAP PLATE, WASHINGTON GRAYS ( "?) , C. 1836 USNM 604608-M (^S-K 755). Figure 148. The Washington Grays of Philadelphia wore a diamond-shaped plate with a likeness of George "'' '>. Military .Magazine (May 1841'), unnumbei-ed plate; (March 1841), unnumbered plate. "â Illustrated in U.,S. Military Magazine (January 1840), pi. 26. 74. 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 th
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