Found in upstate NY

[tymber79]

What is it? Found by Hudson River at ruins of late 1800s-early 1900s water plant.

 

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Ty
I don`t know what that is ...but sure looks old and cool / nice find.
Gary

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Welcome to Tnet

 

[BosnMate]

Looks like a shooting medal, probably military, the guns have bayonets on them. Hope that helps in research, because I don't have the answer off hand.

 

[taz42o]

Crest with flag , mountains and sun are similar to what is on N.Y. militia buttons.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

That same emblem, but without the crossed rifles, has been posted and discussed here in the What-Is-It forum sometime in the past year or two. As Taz420 correctly suggests, the vertical US flag at right with sunrise-over-mountains at left is seen on New York State Militia buttons. Nobody here ever figured out the meaning of the central emblem's third part, which I can only describe as being similar to the "Star Of Bethlehem" four-pointed starburst on a horizontally-lined background.

The size of your insignia indicates it is a hat-badge... and the "screw-pin" attachment on its back indicates that it dates from sometime between the 1890s through the middle of World War Two.

By the beginning of the 20th Century, the New York State Militia had mostly (or entirely) become units of the US National Guard. The crossed rifles on your hat-badge suggest an Infantry unit of the NY National Guard.

 

[Bramblefind]

Thanks to the prompt by the CannonballGuy I went back and searched some old posts here at the forum. I thought this design looked familiar and I see now that I was involved with the group in identifying another item with the same design a few years ago. I think your piece is related to the New York Military Academy (founded 1889, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY)

New York Military Academy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Here is the thread:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/211924-can-anybody-id-buckle-many-thanks.html

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Lady Bramblefind comes through for us yet again.

Additional confirmation info:
The book "American Military Belt Plates" by O'Donnell & Campbell shows that very-unusual FORM of belt-plate (having three side-by-side slots) as Plate #715, on page 427, and says it was for Military Schools or National Guard units, dating from approximately 1900 on through the mid-20th Century.

Tymber79's photo of his insignia seems to show some fabric preserved under the screw-pin's disc, so I'm sticking with my opinion that it is a hat-badge... not an "applied" emblem from the belt-plate shown in the photo posted just above this reply.

 

[tymber79]

Thank you for all the help on here. I wonder how it ended up at an old water plant near glens falls.

 

[nhbenz]

I somewhat wonder if there was more to it up there, since the backing is still on it. But a kid could've simply been playing with it and lost it too...

 

[tymber79]

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What is it? Found by Hudson River at ruins of late 1800s-early 1900s water plant.

 

[tymber79]

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What is it? Found by Hudson River at ruins of late 1800s-early 1900s water plant.