Pair of Mexican Army epaulets
date: label: associated date
content: 1846 - 1848
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of Mexican Army Engineer's epaulets from the period of the Mexican-American War. The two brass gilt epaulettes are decorated with a crossed sword, hatchet, and spade, and have a blue cloth backing. This object is part of the General Edward D. Townsend Collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Mexico
topic: label: Subject
content: Mexican War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. E. M. Chapman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18956
label: catalog number
content: 18956
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Insignia, Pair of
label: Other Terms
content: Insignia, Pair of; Army; Epaulette; Engineer; Officer; Non Commissioned Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, bag: 6 1/2 in x 6 in x 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 15.24 cm x 1.27 cm