Black Officer's Cockade with Eagle

We fired our guns but the British kept a-comin'...

American military cockades were black, a color inherited from the British house of Hanover. However, in some cases an eagle was added to the center to "Americanize" the cockade. Regulations said: “All persons belonging to the army, to wear a black cockade, with a Small white Eagle in the centre. The cockade of non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, to be of leather, with Eagles of tin." - James McHenry, January 9, 1799

Silk or satin ribbon, reproduction cockade eagles, hand-sewn onto period correct buckram. Approximately 3" (7.5 cm) across. Optional silver-plated pin back is 1" (2.5 cm) wide.

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