WAIST-BELT PLATE, RIFLEMEN, C. 1840

_USNM 604103-M (S-K 259). Figure 199._

[Illustration: FIGURE 199]

A stock pattern, this plate is struck in brass with the open-horn

device of riflemen, which has been previously discussed. Wire

fasteners are on the reverse. Although the outer ring of the plate is

missing, it was probably decorated with a wreath, a common form in the

1830's and 1840's.

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