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38738	Campbell, J. Duncan, (James Duncan)	American Military Insignia, 1800-1851			.txt	text/plain	43711	4009	76	distinctive buttons, plumes, cockades, cap plates, shoulder-belt uniform regulations specified merely a "Brass Eagle and Plate," but this brass eagle, similar in general design to that worn on the shako Oval shoulder-belt plates were worn by American officers during the known that were struck with devices similar to those on cap plates; WAIST-BELT PLATE, OFFICER, ARTILLERY CORPS, 1814-1821 The rectangular plate is struck in brass on a die of the same design SHOULDER-BELT PLATE, OFFICER, ARTILLERY CORPS, 1814-1821 This specimen is of the same design as the 1814 Infantry cap plate, shoulder-belt plates adopted by both the Regulars and Militia early in This plate, struck in brass and bearing the eagle-on-cannon device, This specimen, of silver-on-copper, was worn as a cap plate ¶ An example of Militia officers' shoulder-belt plates of the period This brass-cast plate with its letters "S N Y" for State of New York	./cache/38738.txt	./txt/38738.txt