Eagle medallion

DCMatt · Dec 15, 2016

Brass droop head eagle with banner medallion.

Dug by a friend of mine in SE Virginia.

The back is smooth and blank. No sign of attachment points.

At the very bottom edge I can read:

Columbus O.

Any ideas what this came off of?

DCMatt · Dec 15, 2016

DCMatt · Dec 15, 2016

Indian Steve · Dec 15, 2016

I can't remember the name of the company but they were based in Columbus Ohio and made swords & other things for fraternal organizations like Knights of Columbus, Oddfellows etc. Maybe something from them?

nhbenz · Dec 15, 2016

True Steve. MC Lilley did that.
But looking around I see a lot of others used that abbreviation too.
The company name seems to be above, but darned if I can read it.
Begins with a D,

Kiros32 · Dec 15, 2016

My opinion on a few more of the letters....

Not sure if this helps or if you agree Matt.

ARC · Dec 15, 2016

Matt... I too gave it a peek... but to no avail.

mcl · Dec 15, 2016

Gave this a really solid go.

Completely stumped by the words on the banner. Left side looks like "HE. VICSIS" and right looks like "ED LEVET". Neither side as I transcribed comes out to anything sensible in any language, including when switching the "V" to a "U" in case that usage was intended.

Some angled images from the top side to bottom (sort of like the reverse of the third image) could maybe help. Some of the characters are really strange.

The last letter on the right side of the banner for example almost looks like a backwards capital gamma. Also not convinced that the last letter in the apparent "name" is an X. I think the word might end in "man".

nhbenz · Dec 15, 2016

And whatever the name is I believe there are a couple of initials before it and "Co." after it.

villagenut · Dec 15, 2016

What I can't understand is how DCMATT has a what's it. He is supposed to be the riddle solver :laughing7:

mcl · Dec 15, 2016

nhbenz said:
And whatever the name is I believe there are a couple of initials before it and "Co." after it.

I see what looks like a cursive capital "P" before the "name", but I'm not sure it's actually a letter. To me, what you say is "Co." looks like a giant old-fashioned ampersand, but at the same time seems to in actuality be a part of the wreath or what not. Based on that, what I see as a "P" prior to the name I think is also probably wreath decoration. I don't know though, "P Dooblyman Co." sounds natural enough too. This one is tough because of the corrosion.