SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, C. 1840

_USNM 604472-M (S-K 619). Figure 221._

[Illustration: FIGURE 221]

Another example of the rectangular, bevelled-edged, shoulder-belt

plate for officers is this brass-cast copy of the 1839 Regular Army

pattern with the wire-fastened letters "S V G" substituted for "U. S."

The specimen bears a touchmark "W. Pinchin Philad" on the reverse (see

p. 33). The unit for which this plate was made is unidentified.

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