_USNM 60381-M (S-K 137). Figure 144._
[Illustration: FIGURE 144]
Struck in copper, and silvered, this eagle, which is very similar in
design to that prescribed for the Regular Establishment in both 1821
and 1832, was made for Militia infantry from about 1836 to perhaps as
late as 1851. Specimens struck in brass are also known, and the same
eagle is found on half-sunburst backgrounds. It is quite possible that
this is the eagle illustrated in the Huddy and Duval prints as being
worn by both the Washington Blues of Philadelphia and the U.S. Marine
Corps.[115]
[Footnote 115: _U.S. Military Magazine_ (February 1840), pl. 28;
(November 1840), unnumbered plate.]