Found this Friday... was looking in the field and this was found in the last place I checked before I left. I am so excited. This is the best thing I could ever find.
Looks like a masonic symbol in the lower left of the plate on the back, unless it is coincidence.
Hey jaymanj!! CONGRATS on a REALLY NEAT FIND!! Should be GORGEOUS once it is cleaned up!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Anyway, GOOD LUCK and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!
It doesn't get much better than that!! Holy freakin' moley!! And if that turns out to be an intentional Masonic symbol etched into it...your find just got even more special. Congratulations on a banner find!
Congratulations! You should be very proud of that find. Would not be at all surprised to find a masonic symbol on the plate - might have belonged to a solider of means and importance. Very cool indeed!