Albert J. Myer

[Zuzah]

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[civilwarincolor]

Very nice. Have to admit I had no idea who he was, so I had to look him up. Shouldn't the star on his shoulder board be white? It looks gold.

 

[Lazy Bayou]

Never heard of him but a nice picture...

 

[civilwarincolor]

He created the U.S. Signal Corps and invented the signal flags method of communication known as "wig-wag".

 

[Zuzah]

He created the U.S. Signal Corps and invented the signal flags method of communication known as "wig-wag".

From what I could figure out, shoulder epaulets sported a gold star.

 

[Pvt.Shattuck]

You keep getting better and better, Zuzah. Doesn't look colorized, looks natural.

 

[civilwarincolor]

From what I could figure out, shoulder epaulets sported a gold star.

No, it was covered in this thread in December. I could find no examples of it with the star in gold.

Here is a 5 pointed star one:

and here is a 6 pointed star version that belonged to General Sibley:

Here is another for a Major General:

and another 5 pointed star

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[reading48]

You have the gifted touch...nice one...

 

[civilwarincolor]

Zuzah, I apologize. I think it is more dependent on the position of the star. After I made my post I noticed that the star in the one of Myer's was moved back toward the middle of the board. I found an example of one and what do you know, gold star.

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http://www.gnwtc.com/militariaroom1.htm

 

[Zuzah]

That was the exact example I used, infact - but it has to be silver in other examples aswell as the normal shoulder board.

Thanks to the other compliments, I do appreciate them.

 

[civilwarincolor]

Thanks to the other compliments, I do appreciate them.

You deserve it.