A couple of interesting military pins

[Silvermonkey]

Greetings T-Net Nation! I came across these military pins on a hunt yesterday. They both came out of the same hole on a property that dates back to the mid 1800's



The rest of my trip was less productive, but did manage a 1901 IHP and a toasty V Nickel



If anyone is familiar with these two pins, and could provide any information, I'd appreciate it.

Good hunting to all!

Scott

 

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice haul !

 

[watercolor]

WOW! Excellent find.
Grand Army of the Republic reunion medal from 1866 (first year anniversary).

 

[watercolor]

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[lenmac65]

Congrats on the GAR pin ... very interesting find. I found and posted a Women's Relief Corps medal earlier this year, which incorporated the GAR medallion into its design. From what I found online, the medallion has five outstanding figures, including the Statue (or figure) of Liberty, a soldier, a boy, a woman, and a child, and the American Flag. The soldier symbolizes fraternity, the boy is emblematic of the youth and strength of the future life of the Nation, the woman is emblematic of motherhood, the very source of all civilization throughout the world, and the child is emblematic of the hope of the world. (This is a copy/paste that I trimmed down a bit.) Anyway, very nice find.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Very cool ID and back story watercolor and lenmac and how neat to find both pieces of that pin.

 

[scruggs]

Very nice find!

 

[Lenrac2]

Excellent finds! Congrats!!

 

[RichsEquinox]

Congrats!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Big thanks to watercolor for the ID, and lenmac65 for the detailed description of the GAR pin. The level of expertise on this site never ceases to amaze me!
I appreciate everyone's comments.

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Awesome Pins! Congrats!

 

[Rhapsody]

Greetings T-Net Nation! I came across these military pins on a hunt yesterday. They both came out of the same hole on a property that dates back to the mid 1800's

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The rest of my trip was less productive, but did manage a 1901 IHP and a toasty V Nickel

View attachment 1946674 View attachment 1946675

If anyone is familiar with these two pins, and could provide any information, I'd appreciate it.

Good hunting to all!

Scott

old badges are one of my favorite finds, good show!

 

[angelito1]

Outstanding finds!

 

[Toecutter]

Well done!!

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Greetings T-Net Nation! I came across these military pins on a hunt yesterday. They both came out of the same hole on a property that dates back to the mid 1800's

View attachment 1946667 View attachment 1946670 View attachment 1946669 View attachment 1946671 View attachment 1946672

The rest of my trip was less productive, but did manage a 1901 IHP and a toasty V Nickel

View attachment 1946674 View attachment 1946675

If anyone is familiar with these two pins, and could provide any information, I'd appreciate it.

Good hunting to all!

Scott

great saves and unique finds, wtg

 

[Rhapsody]

Greetings T-Net Nation! I came across these military pins on a hunt yesterday. They both came out of the same hole on a property that dates back to the mid 1800's

View attachment 1946667 View attachment 1946670 View attachment 1946669 View attachment 1946671 View attachment 1946672

The rest of my trip was less productive, but did manage a 1901 IHP and a toasty V Nickel

View attachment 1946674 View attachment 1946675

If anyone is familiar with these two pins, and could provide any information, I'd appreciate it.

Good hunting to all!

Scott

Very cool bet that thing was loud in the hole!