🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Large anchor badge or buckle piece

[Merf]

This measures 1 1/4” across and weighs 16 grams. Pewter or lead I think. Help is greatly appreciated.

 

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[villagenut]

Looks like the broken off tongue portion of a tongue and wreath two piece buckle

 

[villagenut]

Here a a few similar, but are reproductions from Hanover brass. Yours has some patina on it, so it may be an older original one, someone here should know.at least you have an idea what it would have looked like.

 

[villagenut]

Pewter or lead...i think means it could possibly be brass...at least that's what it looks like from here

 

[ARC]

Being pewter i think a more likely possibility would be a top to something.

But... i like the initial guess VillageNut... definitely looks the part for sure... and could be IMO.

 

[villagenut]

Could not find a match but the guys with those expensive buckle books will be able to tell you one way or another.

 

[Merf]

Looks like the broken off tongue portion of a tongue and wreath two piece buckle

Do you think it is military or domestic?

 

[fyrffytr1]

I could not find it in the Sydney Kerksis buckle book.

 

[VaGent]

Definitely a broken buckle tongue. The green patina says "brass". Naval/military, but might be private purchase militia or cadet related, as well as government issue. Nice find, I bet the rest of it is in the same spot.....

 

[ARC]

I just found this English made Confederate buckle.

Very similar.

 

[villagenut]

I think it is better to do a bit more research before a overhopeful attribution.....I hope it is a rare one but these naval themed fouled anchor motifs have been popular on both military and civilian buckles and buttons.....Perhaps someone will nail it down with a for sure answer. No offence to Arcs theories though.

 

[ironhorse]

Heres one from one of my display boxes...pretty close to the same
I have no history on my piece I found it over twenty years ago on the shore in a old area
I was told it was of British origin but I cant back that up.
Neat piece Merf!

 

[CRUSADER]

It looks brass in the picture & it is the tongue bit of the buckle.
'If' British, I suspect it's not Royal Navy as the fouled rope often goes behind the anchor first & not in front. Most likely Civvy, or maybe Merchant Navy....

 

[ironhorse]

It looks brass in the picture & it is the tongue bit of the buckle.
'If' British, I suspect it's not Royal Navy as the fouled rope often goes behind the anchor first & not in front. Most likely Civvy, or maybe Merchant Navy....

I can get behind that assessment of the OP piece....origin could have been anywhere in the world as well

 

[crashbandicoot]

I don,t know what it is Merf,but it,s sure cool!

 

[ARC]

Ok... ready for this. ? ? ?
MAYBE... POSSIBLY... perhaps... might... .... heh

I knew this looked familiar ... but not to me as a buckle... so i searched around and it dawned on me...
This is definitely navy... we all know that... but i can pretty sure bet on that its confederate...
AND RARE if it is.... LIKE VERY... again... IF... (and all the other words i used above to say IF).
And the reason i say this is because if you look at the Confederate naval buttons... you see the similarities.
With all this babbling said...

The reason i cannot pin this down is because i think you have something AGAIN possibly... VERY special... I HOPE anyway.

IF it is what i think it is... definitely a banner find and then some.
IF not... then it may be some re-enactment or some other type... but ? ? ?

Head scratcher for sure.

 

[villagenut]

........except for the cannons and CN

 

[ironhorse]

Thats it... amazing IronHorse... these have got to be rare.

Any chance for a backside picture ?

As you can probably tell its mounted behind glass so a pic of the back will be difficult...its the same as the OP...the tongue is concave and made of cast brass

 

[Merf]

Pewter or lead...i think means it could possibly be brass...at least that's what it looks like from here

Yes it could be brass. Heavy for its size.

Here a a few similar, but are reproductions from Hanover brass. Yours has some patina on it, so it may be an older original one, someone here should know.at least you have an idea what it would have looked like. View attachment 2038699 View attachment 2038700

a close match for sure

 

[ARC]

I think it is better to do a bit more research before a overhopeful attribution.....I hope it is a rare one but these naval themed fouled anchor motifs have been popular on both military and civilian buckles and buttons.....Perhaps someone will nail it down with a for sure answer. No offence to Arcs theories though.

Well to some degree i agree... but... It is THE anchor... not just an anchor.

Errr.. ok... I will research.