CAP PLATE, 1814-1825(?)

_USNM 60313-M (S-K 69). Figure 104._

[Illustration: FIGURE 104]

A die variant of the preceding plate, this device has an unusually

wide floral border. As in so many of the common pieces of this period,

the center device was purposely designed small so that the die could

be used to strike matching waist-belt plates. Examples of waist-belt

plates struck from dies of this particular design are known. Struck in

copper, there is a plume socket soldered to the reverse along with two

looped-wire fasteners. The fasteners are not contemporary.

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