_USNM 604606 (S-K 753). Figure 152._
[Illustration: FIGURE 152]
This silver-metal plate can be accurately identified by reading its
devices. The center device is from the seal of the State of Georgia.
During the period that the plate was worn, one of the best known of
the State's Militia organizations was the Republican Blues--the "RB"
on the plate--of Savannah.[119] The silver color of the plate also
agrees with the other trimmings of the uniform of that unit.
[Footnote 119: A volunteer Militia company known as the Republican
Blues was organized in Savannah in 1808. From notes filed under
"Georgia National Guard" in Organizational History and Honors Branch,
Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army,
Washington, D.C.]