WAIST-BELT PLATE, C. 1850

_USNM 60468-M (S-K 224). Figure 254._

[Illustration: FIGURE 254]

This is another typical stock pattern with the eagle-on-shield device

surrounded by 13 5-pointed stars as the center ornament. It is cast in

brass in two pieces. An example of this plate, on a belt, formed part

of a cased Sharps rifle outfit displayed at the 1960 National Rifle

Association meeting in Washington, D.C.

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