Reply To: Russian Mitre Cap Plates

[Jonathan Gingerich]

The plate matched the buttons – tin or brass under Paul I – then always brass under Alexander I.  It’s all listed in Viskovatov vol 7, which Mark Conrad has translated.  You can also use my cheatsheet – zaotlichiye.net63.net/allfacings.html – although at the moment Google is “not being evil” all over 000webhost, so you may have to wait.