Button, bale seal, or dress weight?

[Nomadnailer]

I found this object with civil war and colonial era finds in an area with a lot of civil war action. I have not found anything like it, I've been told it's everything from a button to trench art. I have no idea any help is appreciated.

 

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[relic nut]

Looks like carved lead to me. Maybe he was making a button, or a nipple protecter for his gun. Or maybe just whittling. Either way it's a great find.[emoji106]

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Nomadnailer]

Open the picture of the face and you can see an eagle clutching arrows. I just thought that it was to intricate a detail to carve.

 

[relic nut]

Open the picture of the face and you can see an eagle clutching arrows. I just thought that it was to intricate a detail to carve.

I see that now. That's really cool. Don't know.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Nomadnailer]

Do you you think civil war or rev war it's definitely a federal eagle?

 

[relic nut]

Do you you think civil war or rev war it's definitely a federal eagle?

I can't see it good enough to say. Try to get a close up picture and someone with more smarts than me may know.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Is the Eagle impressed in or is it standing out.Could have been a bullet heated then pressed to a button to get the emblem?

 

[Nomadnailer]

It's standing out but good thought

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I do not know what the item is, but I can tell you that the eagle is the 1820s-to-1860s style of American Military eagle. It closely resembles the eagle on US Army Model-1826 breastplates (which were manufactured continuously from 1826 through the civil war years).

 

[Nomadnailer]

Thanks I figured someone would have an idea

 

[fmerg]

eagle was pressed
the arrows should be in the right talon and the eagle looking to the left if it were a button
so my guess would be "trench" art