RELIC CIVIL WAR ENLISTED SHOULDER SCALE FROM FREDERICKSBURG

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Introduced in 1851 for mounted troops, brass shoulder scales were decorative, but were also meant to be a shoulder defense against saber cuts. In 1854/55 they became regulation for all branches of service and were supplied in three configurations: for privates, for sergeants, and for members of the non-commissioned staff: the regimental sergeant-major, etc. This is a single excavated private’s scale, with the brass half-crescents (sergeants had top and bottom sections) and separate, but plain, scales along the shoulder strap portion (non-commissioned staff had the full crescent and visible rivets along the top.)

This is in good condition, for a dug relic, with a good brown patina to the brass. The iron strap on the underside is rusty. The spring strap is still with the piece but is unattached.

Recovered in a Federal camp around Fredericksburg, Virginia.

This is a basic Civil War uniform item that was issued to just about every Union soldier and probably despised by every soldier in turn, when called upon to polish them once again for dress parade. [jet] [ph:L]

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