Any ideas

[tightlines]

I was wondering if someone could help me,found this in a field adjacent to a field where there was an american base camp in world war 2, its made of brass, the back is plain and flat. It is 5cm wide and 6.5 high.
Thanks

 

[Moonshadow]

I don't have a clue....but hang around a few minutes and someone here will ID it for ya!
Welcome to the forum!

HH,
Moon

 

[BIG61AL]

Looks like an European design possible English.

 

[TreasureTales]

Doesn't look American to me. We don't put little crowns on our eagles.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Welcome!
I have no idear what that is..Never seen anything like it.

 

[Ridley]

Austrian? Maybe from 1880's to early 1900's?





Ridley

 

[PBK]

Might be, Ridley, although most of the Austrian eagles are double-headed, like the Russian ones.

Poland is a possibility, as they do have crowned, single-head eagles; however, the wings are usually raised.

I believe that some of the old German city-states used crowned eagles as well.

 

[DCMatt]

Austrian eagles are double-headed before World War 1.

After the split of Austria-Hungary, they went to the single head with crown. But the claws usually have broken shackles and a hammer and a sickle.

You never know what an American GI might bring back. I have an early 19th century pistol taken from a Belgian civilian in WWII.

DCMatt