December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Die-struck, dipped tin plate, oblong with generous clipped corners, 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. In SEP-OCT 1812, 10,000 cap plates of this form were produced by George Richardson under contract, probably with the "U.S. / INFANTRY" struck in all of them initially, with the individual unit numbers struck in as ordered later. In NOV 1812, cap plates of this pattern were forwarded to the 6th U.S. Infantry, one of the few regiments to receive unit specific cap plates in 1812. Description and image published in Campbell & O'Donnell (2004), p. 47. PROVENANCE: Excavated at Sacketts Harbor, NY; J. Duncan Campbell Coll. until 2009; Al Scipio Collection until 2015; purchased from Dan Griffin (cat. 5694) in June 2015. CONDITION: Very good as found.