✅ SOLVED A brass piece from the field

[Jyverb64]

I'm not really sure what this is from, it attached to something and it's all brass?

 

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[creskol]

That is a safety check hook off of a harness team pad.

 

[Jyverb64]

That is a safety check hook off of a harness team pad.

Thanks, that's great info, do you know of an illustration or picture to show what and where it is located?

 

[DCMatt]

That is a safety check hook off of a harness team pad.

Here's a couple more modern ones. Also called a Harness pad rein terret. Yours is broken.

 

[creskol]

Thanks, that's great info, do you know of an illustration or picture to show what and where it is located?

Here ya go..