GeneralLucas Posted February 1, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2014 This hat plate turned up at a Flea Market sothere is no history on it and I am only guessing it was made in the 1840's. Ineed some help on it. It is similiar to the 1821 Cockade Eagle but there was nochange in the 1832 uniform regulations and this eagle is of refined design andmanufacture being of struck brass. The three soldered wire fasteners aremissing. What has confused me is that on the front of the eagle, there are wornareas that glitter like some of the WW II hat eagles do. Can some member of theForum weigh in on this specimen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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meffinger Posted January 21, 2017 Share #3 Posted January 21, 2017 Hello GeneralLucas, the eagle emblem is that of the US Marines for their Shako hats, 1830's to 1840's before the Mexican American War era. They were using this type eagle which is very similar to the one the US Army used but this one has the distinctive slant used by the Marines. It is illustrated in the book "Semper Fi" on page 60. The author is Col H. Avery Chenoweth USMCR. This emblem used to be shown on the "Eagle Globe and Anchor Militaria" website in their reference section but his website is currently under reconstruction. There are reported restrikes of this emblem from the old Stokes company. This is a very rare emblem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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