✅ SOLVED Adornment?

[unearthed_125]

found this on a site that has history back to the 1750's . It has two hooks folded over on the backside that could have been for attaching it to something.
I was thinking it might be some kind of clothing adornment/ pin?
Can anyone ID?

thanks

 

[VTColonialDigger]

What you found is a colonial leather ornament. It would be attached to leather horse tack as decoration. Great find

 

[nkellam22]

Colonial saddle shield

 

[unearthed_125]

Thanks for the info VTColonialDigger , nkellam22!

Do you know what type of alloy this may be?

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Looks like brass to me

 

[A2coins]

Great solve that's cool