_USNM 60361-M (S-K 117). Figure 100._
[Illustration: FIGURE 100]
The eagle-on-clouds design, which first appeared on coins on the 1795
silver dollar, was popular on insignia during the period 1812-1821.
The heraldic significance of the clouds, if any, is unknown. Somewhat
larger than most cockade devices, this eagle is struck in brass and
silvered and has two simple wire fasteners soldered to the reverse. A
very similar badge is shown by Rembrandt Peale in an oil portrait of
Col. Joseph O. Bogart of the 3d Flying Artillery.[102]
[Footnote 102: Reproduced in _Antiques_ (July 1947), vol. 52, no. 7,
p. 16.]