Looks like the hook part might have been pressed in. Didn’t know if this was horse related or logging/ haw related. Blackfoot or lost in Georgia on here might know
Yeah diffrent but same conceptNot disputing D C Matt but I have some that look like the one in the picture and some like the one you found. Maybe just a different version of the same thing. Not exactly sure but have someone I can ask who might know. If I get a definitive answer I will let you know.
Sorry but the size is wrong and the composition of CW knapsack hooks is brass not iron. Vague resemblance yea but that’s not what this item is.Look up civil war era knapsack hook. Sorry I didn’t link it