A shako plate with a five-pointed star above a straight fouled anchor. Above the anchor is "TEXAS" and below the anchor is "MARINE CORPS." Cross hatched along the border to resemble rope. Die-struck copper with gold plate.
Context
This shako plate was made to be worn by the Captain of Texas Marines, and believed to have been manufactured of scrap copper pieces used to sheath the Texas Navy ships in the Algiers Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana, and plated with melted gold coins and/or scrap.
