🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Any ideas what this is, it's copper with a small hole in the middle. Its 1 and 1/2 inches wide and long. Found In a field connected to the RIC police

[Clonloum123]

 

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[pepperj]

First off, please tell what the RIC Police is.

 

[crashbandicoot]

First off, please tell what the RIC Police is.

Royal Indian Constabulary. Just kidding,I have no idea!

 

[Clonloum123]

First off, please tell what the RIC Police is.

The British police force in Ireland Before we got independence

 

[fuzzy535]

the offset hole seems like it was marker tag nailed to a pole or tree maybe.. dosent seem to be a medal or badge of sorts..kinda big for those....IMO

 

[fuzzy535]

Explainer: Who were the RIC?

The Government’s controversial commemoration had been the subject of much criticism this week.

www.thejournal.ie

 

[cw0909]

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I read from link

Explainer: Who were the RIC?

The Government’s controversial commemoration had been the subject of much criticism this week.

www.thejournal.ie

The Boycotts

Over 400 RIC officers were killed between January 1919 and 1922.

were those event/s connected to the field if not what else happened or was built developed there

 

[CRUSADER]

Its a horse blinker brass.

 

[cw0909]

the op had mentioned the RIC, was looking at royal irish constabulary uniforms, didnt see anything
I think crusader has it

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[CRUSADER]

I find them all the time, generally they have 4 prongs on the back to attach them to the leather but I do find these types which are less oblivious how they attached. Sizes vary, but that shape stays the same.