. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 192 may also ha\e Ijcen worn by the Washington Greys of Reading, Pennsylvania, or by another company of the same designation. The specimen is struck in thin brass with a tin backing applied before the strike and the edges crimped over the reverse. Three soldered copper-wire staples provide means of attachment. 130 -f he spelling of "Grays" may or may not be significant. .\ Huddy and Duval print of the Washington Greys in Military .Magazine (.April 1839, pi. 5) used "Greys" in the title and "Grays" on
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 192 may also ha\e Ijcen worn by the Washington Greys of Reading, Pennsylvania, or by another company of the same designation. The specimen is struck in thin brass with a tin backing applied before the strike and the edges crimped over the reverse. Three soldered copper-wire staples provide means of attachment. 130 -f he spelling of "Grays" may or may not be significant. .\ Huddy and Duval print of the Washington Greys in Military .Magazine (.April 1839, pi. 5) used "Greys" in the title and "Grays" on an ammunition box in the same print. COAT-SKIRT ORNAMENT, ARTILLERY, C. 1836 USNM 604961-M (_S-K 1105). Figure 193. Typical of Militia coat-skirt ornaments is this pair of crossed cannon devices for Militia artillery. They are of gold embroidery on a liackground of l)lack velvet. Similar pairs in the national collections arc embroidered in silver. The Regular artillery never wore the crossed cannon device on the skirt of the coat; so used, it was exclusivelv a Miliiia I I I Figure 193 COAT-SKIRT ORNAMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA, C. 1836 USNM 60496} QS-K 1107). Figure 194. Another coat-skirt ornament with an e\en more distinctly Militia touch is this small palmetto tree of 95. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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