Civil War or Earlier Brass Badge??

FoxHound0985 · Mar 2, 2011

I found this today at a site in Indiana that has produced relics dating to the War of 1812 through the Civil War. The area in which it was found used to be a military training ground for local militia companies. Any ideas on this one? I swear I've seen one of these before but I have no idea where. Thanks!

Bigcypresshunter · Mar 2, 2011

horse harness hardware.

creskol · Mar 3, 2011

There was some discussion on here a while back that addressed these shields and their shape. I can't seem to be able to find it, but as I recall, there were two variations of this .. one with a left handed curve and one with a right handed curve. They had some particular application, but I just can't remember what it was at the moment.

johnnyblaze · Mar 3, 2011

If you look at my post here,i found two of them..http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,375246.0.html
But they dont have any curves.
They are horse bridles..

Blaze.....

Bramblefind · Mar 3, 2011

I found one that looks similar but it was not curved and only had one attachment point - here is the discussion:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,364118.0.html

johnnyblaze · Mar 3, 2011

Some confederate ones..

Blaze..

CRUSADER · Mar 3, 2011

bigcypresshunter said:
horse harness hardware.

Agreed, must be hard to pin down a date, but those missing attachments fit perfectly well into the 19th C.

IronSpike · Mar 7, 2011

creskol said:
There was some discussion on here a while back that addressed these shields and their shape. I can't seem to be able to find it, but as I recall, there were two variations of this .. one with a left handed curve and one with a right handed curve. They had some particular application, but I just can't remember what it was at the moment.

Good memory creskol :icon_thumright:

I recall reading about these left/right curved shields, but was it on Tnet or W&E Treasures :icon_scratch:

I'll search a bit :read2:

Cool find PinFire :icon_sunny:

johnnyblaze · Mar 7, 2011

I actually think these particular ones go on the straps on the head of a horse.
This is why they are curved to each side of the horses head :icon_scratch:

Blaze....

IronSpike · Mar 10, 2011

When I find some time, will search some more. I agree with Creskol that the curved shields were recently featured, just can't remember where and the specifics on the ID