_USNM 60257-M (S-K 15). Figure 98._
[Illustration: FIGURE 98]
The leather fan cockade became a part of the uniform in the late 18th
century, having evolved from the cloth cockade adopted early in the
Revolution.[100] Enlisted men's cockades of the early 19th century
were of leather, as were those of line officers.[101] This cockade, of
black tooled leather with painted gold fan tips, was a common form of
the period and was worn with an eagle in the center or possibly on the
upper fan. It is assigned to the Militia because of the gold
ornamentation.
[Footnote 100: FINKE, pp. 71-73.]
[Footnote 101: TODD, "Three Leather Cockades," pp. 24-25.]