“Animas Shako Flaming Bomb”
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“Animas Shako Flaming Bomb”
| Title: | “Animas Shako Flaming Bomb” |
| Author: | Hinojosa, Manuel |
| Abstract: | Large exploding bomb with a wavy flame having two small holes that were used to fasten plate to shako. This object identifies a member of a company of grenadiers in an infantry battalion. |
| Description: | Company’s emblem.“Compania de Granaderos, Regimiento de Infanteria Permanente.” “Animas Shako Flaming Bomb.”Ca. 1830’s-1840’s.Plate # Dug at the ruins of Estancia Vaqueria de las Animas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.Collection: Port Isabel Historical Museum Port Isabel, Texas.Gilt die struck rolled brass plate. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152.6/172 |
| Date: | 2010-12-22 |
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