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NICE MILITIA EAGLE PANEL BELT PLATE

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This is a thin, sheet brass, panel plate, so called from the use of the central rectangular panel setting off a central eagle emblem against a frame border, came in around 1835 and became very popular in the 1840s. These were popular with militias, fire companies, military schools, and bands.

O’Donnell and Campbell think this die strike may be a Horstmann product with the original die sunk in the 1850s. See their Plates 403 and 404. An eagle with arrows and olive branch forms the central motif on the scalloped corner panel. The outer frame uses thirteen stars and a U.S. shield with branches extending on either side at bottom, all on a stippled ground. The plate is cut just slightly off angle with the top edge trimmed a bit too tight.

Condition is excellent, with no bends, dings, dents, or cracks. It retains some subdued gilt finish in low lying areas and recesses, with the higher points having lost the gilt from rubbing, but now toned down to an aged brass patina. The applied belt loop and tongue bar are in place on the reverse, which also has some gilt.    [jet][ph:L]

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