SHIELD SHAPED US VOLUNTEER MILITIA CAP PLATE CA. 1820-1835

SHIELD SHAPED US VOLUNTEER MILITIA CAP PLATE CA. 1820-1835

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A die-struck brass shako plate 5-1/4 x 3-13/16 in. Pierced with small holes at upper corners and lower point for attachment to the shako by sewing or wire. On the reverse a 1-5/8 in. brass tube plume holder is soldered at upper center, and small spots of solder near either edge suggest it had fastening loops that gave way at some point and the holes for sewing were then added to keep it in service. This shows an eagle with raised wings, looking to the heraldic right, perched on a US shield, both superimposed on a panoply of arms and flags.

This was very popular design. Campbell & O’Donnell, Headgear Insignia, illustrate a number by different makers, varying in ability of the die-sinker and quality of work. See  Figures 593ff, but particularly 603-607, and 612-13. This is a fairly simple version, using a single raised rim along the border, where some use two parallel ridges to create a band around the edge, sometimes giving it a stippled ground, occasionally with raised stars as well, or employing a more elaborate foliate border. Those struck in brass were usually thinly gilt or silvered. This one was obviously kept in service for some time and has lost whatever finish it had to handling, though the condition is very good, showing a few darker spots and some white in the stripes of the shield, and only a very shallow and not very obvious indentation about half-way down the stripes.  [sr][ph:L]

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