VINTAGE ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR~GEORGIA STATE SEAL~BRASS HAT INSIGNIA pin CONFEDERATE

Description

Original Brass Georgia State Seal Hat Insignia Badge - Civil War Confederate.
About 2. 3/4 inches tall. x 1 3/4  wide, this Georgia state seal hat insignia still has its pin fastening  on the reverse. The pattern is often called the “pillars and arches” or just “the arches,” with an eagle perched on top, and the top arch reading “Constitution” and a banner reading “Wisdom,” “Justice,” and “Moderation” winding around the supporting columns. The seal was in use from 1799, but his was a popular militia plate in the 1850s and appears at the top front of the 1851 pattern shakos worn by the Republican Blues of Savannah, for instance, in 1860. Though a little large for wear on a forage cap, it was too bold a statement of identity to put aside when war broke out and we even find one in place on the side of an identified slouch hat from the 10th Georgia illustrated in the Time-Life series Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy. This has a pleasing age patina, very good detail in the die work, and traces of original gilding in the recessed areas.