NON-EXCAVATED CIVIL WAR SHOULDER SCALES

NON-EXCAVATED CIVIL WAR SHOULDER SCALES

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This is a good, untouched, non-excavated pair of Civil War US army issue enlisted man’s shoulder scales showing a fairly even, aged patina to the brass, with a few shallow dings and just one small spot of verdigris near the edge of one crescent on their surfaces, with some darker age spots and oxidation to solder and iron on the underside. Intended to have a practical purpose as protection against a saber cut, these were issued first to mounted troops in 1851 and became regulation for all branches of service in 1854/55, replacing the old cloth epaulets, and becoming one more piece of brass -well, two more pieces of brass- for the soldier to polish for dress parade.

These have a standard pattern- a scaled brass strap leading to a with a brass crescent at the shoulder, and fasten by passing the open end of a long flat spring of brass soldered to the underside, which passes through a brass bracket sewn to the coat near the shoulder, and is then secured by a small turnbuckle sewn near the collar of the coat, which passes up through a notch in the spring and the scaled strap, and turns to lock them in place. But, there were three variations. This is the private’s version with simple crescent and plain scales. A sergeant’s pattern had a bottom piece to the crescent, making it fully rounded, and members of the NCO staff- the sergeant-major, quartermaster-sergeant, etc.- had straps showing rivets along the top side of the scales as well.

This set displays well, includes the bracket for each that would be sewn near the shoulder of the coat or jacket, and both turnbuckles, though on one the flat base pierced with holes for sewing near the collar has broken off.  [sr] [ph:L]

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