_USNM 604125-M (S-K 281). Figure 239._
[Illustration: FIGURE 239]
This brass-struck rectangular plate carries the arms of the State of
New York[141] with its familiar eagle-on-half-globe device. The whole
is superimposed on a sunburst background. The plate originally was
made for Militia, but it is conceivable that such a plate may have
been worn by early uniformed police.
[Footnote 141: For the variations in the arms of New York see ZIEBER,
pp. 166-167.]