🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Corps Badge???

[JBnNC]

I detected a Union camp this weekend and found plenty of bullets, several j-hooks, and other CW relics. The one item that has me stumped is this diamond shaped pin. There certainly was a fastener on the back to attach to something.
I know very little about corps badges, but the shape and the site where it was found gives me a little hope. Thanks for any info/input.-- JB

 

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[smokeythecat]

The US 3rd Corps had a diamond shaped badge. That said, its pretty hard to tell a badge from horse furniture.

 

[Retired Sarge]

As said there was a triangular badge, here's color template for the badges. I couldn't tell you if this is a uniform badge, horse furniture or an insert from a pocket knife.

 

[cw0909]

more research needed to see if any were metal

Addressing Gettysburg | Corps Badges

www.addressinggettysburg.com

 

[ColtsPop]

I have a rosette from the Civil war that is similar. Research has shown that generally federal soldiers would buy these types of items from sutlers and wear them on the Kepi or uniform. Confederate soldiers seldom had more than company insignia. Whether it is a rosette or badge can be determined by weight. It’s a neat find either way!

 

[cw0909]

from reading around your item could be a 3rd corp badge, have you cleaned it yet

some imgs of metal corp badges

Google Image Result for https://www.horsesoldier.com/images/product/27/101224.jpg

an img link from,
Civil War Corps Badges & Other Related Awards, Badges, Medals of the Period
(Including a section on Post Civil War & Spanish-American War Corps Badges).
Hardcover – January 1, 1982
by Stanley. Phillips (Author)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91CFMU6y0BL.jpg

more about metal insignia badges
Corps Badge History & Info

The Badge Maker, LLC

Civil War Corps Badge, Identification Discs, Military Insignia, Personal Pieces, Custom Project, Hand made and More.

www.civilwarcorpsbadges.com

I just thought these links were interesting

Revised United States Army regulations of 1861, with an appendix containing the changed and laws affecting Army regulations and Articles of war to June 25, 1863:
United States. War Dept.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AGY4285.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext

Major General Joseph Hooker orders the use of corps badges

Manuscript circular in which Major General Joseph Hooker orders the use of corps badges in the Army of the Potomac. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. 21 March 1863. Lot 41

Manuscript circular in which Major General Joseph Hooker orders the use of corps badges in the Army of the Potomac. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. 21 March 1863. 4 pages, 7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in., creased, with areas of light adhesive discoloration and residue throughout. Endorsed on first page...

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Hooker, Back in Camp

The 13th Mass under Genl Hooker, May 8 - June 12

13thmass.org