_USNM 604470-M (S-K 617). Figure 218._
[Illustration: FIGURE 218]
The basic form of this brass plate--with one of the many variations of
the seal of the State of New York[133] applied with wire fasteners--is
a copy, with minor changes, of the bevelled plate prescribed for the
Regular Establishment in 1839. Distinctly an officer's plate, it would
have been appropriate for artillery or staff.
[Footnote 133: ZIEBER, p. 166.]