CAP PLATE, RIFLEMEN, C. 1825

_USNM 60304-M (S-K 61B). Figure 119._

[Illustration: FIGURE 119]

The very unusual construction of this brass plate for riflemen

indicates that it is possibly one of the earliest of the composite

plates. Within a wreath of crossed laurel boughs is a small center

circle with raised edge to which has been soldered the eagle and horn

device struck in convex form.

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