Medal and ID needed

ReidMan · Nov 17, 2008

Ok found this 20 years ago. No one has ever properly ID it. Lots of speculation of what it is but no real ID as far as I am concerned. You guys are great at IDing stuff so here it is.
Oh and it was found in an area that had Rev war through Civil war. A fort located in Portsmouth VA.

allen · Nov 17, 2008

boy scout medal

Detectingfreak · Nov 17, 2008

Definatly not a boy scout medal. I was in the boy scouts and we had no such things. I wonder what it is. :icon_scratch:

Maybe PBK can help you out. He's helped me identify a lot of stuff in the past. I would just send him a Private message with a link to the post.

FooserPaul · Nov 17, 2008

Boy Scouts can get metals for learning how to operate cannons... perhaps... :-)

GL and I hope you get an ID soon :-)

Kewl dig... and its a part of this hobby I love.. the history of the various targets we dig...

Paul

Mackaydon · Nov 17, 2008

Crossed Cannons Have Been the Insignia of the US Field Artillery Since 1834

Jazdo · Nov 17, 2008

Mackaydon said:
Crossed Cannons Have Been the Insignia of the US Field Artillery Since 1834

I think don is right on with this one!

kg6yll · Nov 17, 2008

Possibly it references Meads pyramid which was erected along the railroad on the Fredericksburg Battlefield to mark the area of General Meade's breakthrough. The purpose was to alert railroad passengers that they were passing through the Fredericksburg Battlefield.

KG6YLL

kansas coin hunter · Nov 17, 2008

hay yall thats looks a iron clad ship may be wrong its looks waves of water on that medal like the monter and mericmack could have been a cannors medal on a ship might be wrong but i tryed take care kansas coin hunter ::)

Nana40 · Nov 18, 2008

Super find and great ID ya'll! 8)

BuckleBoy · Nov 18, 2008

Way to go, Plehbah--you gave 'em HELL.

PBK · Nov 18, 2008

As posted in "What Is It?"...

An apparently identical badge (maybe yours) is identified as follows in the March 1993 issue of Western & Eastern Treasures:

"According to military insignia author Leon W. Laframboise, this is an authorized Coast Artillery first class gunner's badge of the type issued between 1903 and 1908. A special qualification course was held each year to determine first class gunners in both Field Artillery and Coast Artillery. Badges were then awarded, with the recipient's name [to be] engraved on the suspension bar at the top. The company and company number were to be stamped on the reverse of the bar."

Mr. Laframboise, who passed away some time ago, was an extremely knowledgeable and highly respected researcher and collector. I had the pleasure of speaking with him a few times. I have all three of his books on insignia, and have always found them very informative and reliable.