I know WHAT they are......but how old are they?

[A#1]

I found a couple things I'm just tying to get a rough date on.

First is a military US pin. I know by the backers it ain't all that old. Can someone confirm this is most likely a 1980's era pin?




The second is a porcelain coated bowl, I'm guessing somewhere around 1900, but I don't know for sure. Other things I found in the area were 1895-1918.




Wierd thing about the bowl, I found another, different shape, same pattern nearly 80 miles away last summer.

 

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[creskol]

Thew disc is WWII or after: Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

 

[villagenut]

Your bowl is graniteware and your date range is probably correct on that one....Could be a little later.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I agree with villagenut, the date of your enameled bowl is likely c1920.

Dave

 

[A#1]

Cool, thanks guys.

I knew the collar pin wasn't old, but its still kinda cool. Was amongst a bunch of scattered brass from the 80's in a place where the military is currently "semi-active"

The bowl is fron a homestead i'm hunting after work, I can track it's history from about 1887 to 1910, but i lose it after that, and I know it was gone in 1954.