Among many imported military products was the British 1860 pattern bit, bridle, and various horse gear. The die-struck round bosses and rosettes with scalloped edges bearing the raised fancy letter "C" were not British cavalry issue. The device measures 54mm in diameter. They were privately designed and affixed to the pattern 1860 gear and contracted for export to the Confederacy. Two variations are noted--the bit boss type with two brass pins on the reverse peened directly onto the iron or brass bit; and the bridle rosette type with two raised crossed brass wires soldered to the reverse and adorned the the leather bridle. This example of the rosette type shows four solder scars and was recovered in 1992 in a camp of the 1st Virginia Cavalry on the Brandy Station battlefield.
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