Made the most unusual find today .. What was it part of? (Wood and brass )

[Mud Hut]

Went out to an area thought to be a small camp where the Pa. Volunteers stayed while guarding the railroads during the Civil War, and later a WWI camp. I recovered this chunk of very doty wood that has a beautiful seal affixed to it that says "Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts" on it. In researching the University, I was disappointed to find that while the school was established in 1898, it didn't adopt the name of Northeastern University until 1923, so there would be no connection between the camp history and the relic.

At any rate, it is what is, but the million dollar question is "what is it" .. or .. "what was it," I should say.

I have the wood soaking now so I can treat it. I will post the cleaned up and preserved item when it's finished.



i also posted this in the What Is It forum. I forgot to mention it there, but th wood is 5/8 of an inch thick.

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

I don`t know what it is,but i like it !
Gary

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Wow, that is different. Not sure what it was on, but id leave it attached just like it is.

 

[ScubaDetector]

Can you read any of what it says? I can't.

 

[Mud Hut]

Can you read any of what it says? I can't.

"Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts" .. I will post some better photos tomorrow once I take it out of the preservation solution.

 

[A2coins]

Sweet relics I love it!!!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very cool relic recovery!

IMHO, you should clean it up and protect the wood from further deterioration, nice display piece.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Thats a great looking relic medallion. I hope your going to leave it on the wood. That will make a real nice display piece.

 

[trapperart]

No help here but congrats

 

[Mud Hut]

Here are some updated pics after preservation.

Thank you all for your nice replies.

 

[mk4125]

That's part of my diploma.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Looks great!

 

[bill_wabo]

Just my 2 cents, since it's wood, it may have contained valuable equipment like scientific tools, drawing tools or even musical instruments, since they have a faculty for each one (Engineering, Arts and Design). That's very cool find!

 

[Echoplex]

Wow that turned out nice. Display piece for sure.

A quick image search shows that these medallions were/are mounted on all kinds of wood items, mostly related to diplomas. Yours is certainly older, but here are some contemporary items: https://www.diplomaframe.com/neun1

Since it has a mounting hole, I think it was most likely part of a diploma frame.

 

[Underwonder]

Such a cool find and nice research! Love it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[tstocka]

That's a cool find!

 

[Mud Hut]

Thanks again for all of the nice replies.