Pair of Mexican-American War Era (1840s) US Infantry Shoulder Boards

This is a pair of shoulder boards from the Mexican-American War era. The boards are quite imposing, even with age: a horseshoe-shaped fixture at the base of each board allows a mass of coils to cascade over the shoulder.

Circa late 1840's.

Approximately 9-5/8" in height and 7" in width and 2-1/4" in depth (each board).

Textured cotton, wood, bullion threads, wire spring coils, twine, silk ribbon and backing, wool padding, cardboard backing.

Ribbon with twine.

This is from a United States Army collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAFJX07 LDGEX8/10 SLCGEX6/16 SeVDGEX01/20

6+ (Fine-Very Fine): Shoulder boards have moderate to heavy soiling and tarnish but everything is intact.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.