A gorgeous hand-sewn dark blue satin cockade with a Louisiana pelican button in the center. Attached to the clothing or hat with a pin on the back. Approximately 2.5" (6 cm) across rosettePin on back is silver-plated and 1" (2.5 cm) wide.
Photo shows Louisiana soldier Edwin Francis Jemison with a pelican badge on his hat, and original blue cockades.
"Who does not remember the epidemic of blue cockades which broke out in New Orleans during the winter of 1860 and 1861, and raged violently throughout the whole city? The little blue cockade, with its pelican button in the centre and its two small streamers, was the distinguishing mark of the 'Secessionist.'" ("Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War" by Fannie A. Beers)