Civil War veteran button, 35Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

[93vector]

Civil War veteran button, 35'Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

Got out for the first time in a while....

Civil War vets button reads...Grand Army of the Republic *Veteran 1861-1866*
Pat. May 22, 1894...any information on this would be great!!!

1935 Half Dollar

Rifle shell has a metal engraving of a cathedral reading REIMS below the Cathedral....located in France. Would this be trench art??

Not sure what the worn coin is, spoon has a Pat. date of 1861

Large pin for decorative purposes for a horse or other animal? thoughts??...quite heavy
Also found 1916 and 1941 wheatie

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Civil War veteran button, 35'Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

Last item, a nice early Horse rosette

 

[JerV3]

Re: Civil War veteran button, 35'Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

That's a nice peice. I take those finds anyday.

HH Jer

 

[mainer]

Re: Civil War veteran button, 35'Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

Cool finds!

 

[vayank54]

Re: Civil War veteran button, 35'Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

Some cool stuff. I like the horse rosette and the shell casing.

 

[DirtyMike]

Re: Civil War veteran button, 35'Half, Rifle shell trench art?? Misc. old goodies

The last picture is a horse rosette. The bullets casings were used for souvenir's and commemorative items. They usually held pencils and had a lid that looked like a bullet that would hide the pencil inside.