POSSIBLE CIVIL WAR??

[mreese1849]

Hey guys, I was going through some of my old finds and stumbled across this... I found it where a confederate camp was located. I have found various civil war relics from this site. This place has been constantly occupied for the past 150 years and is currently a park. When I dug this a year ago I almost threw it away because I thought it was junk but held onto it after I realized it wasn't trash. Any idea as to what it may be? Just curious and still learning more every day lol thanks guys.

 

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[mreese1849]

Sorry for the sideways pics...

 

[mreese1849]

It looks like the eagle is perched on a helmet maybe so it probably isn't civil war. I can't find anything searching insignia though.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I agree that it looks like the eagle is on top of a WWI helmet. I'd keep it for sure.

 

[mreese1849]

That's what I noticed!! I tried looking up ww1 insignia and couldn't find anything but I have found civil war and ww1 relics. I was a civil war camp at one time but I think it was used for military parade grounds and possibly boy scouts girl scouts as well.

 

[mreese1849]

It was not I was lol

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I suspect what's under the eagle is a (world) globe, not a helmet. An eagle standing on a globe is part of the New York Stare Seal. Most of the NY insignia shows the eagle having "drooped" wings... but a RAISED-wings eagle (like yours) standing on a globe with a ring encircling the lower part of the globe is on a civil war era New York State Militia regimental button (the New York Lancers, 1850s). It is shown as button NY-82 in the button-book by Alphaeus H. Albert. So, PERHAPS your insignia is a New York State related insignia. It could be a civil war era one, but it could also be from a somewhat later time, such as the World War One era.

 

[mreese1849]

I suspect what's under the eagle is a (world) globe, not a helmet. An eagle standing on a globe is part of the New York Stare Seal. Most of the NY insignia shows the eagle having "drooped" wings... but a RAISED-wings eagle (like yours) standing on a globe with a ring encircling the lower part of the globe is on a civil war era New York State Militia regimental button (the New York Lancers, 1850s). It is shown as button NY-82 in the button-book by Alphaeus H. Albert. So, PERHAPS your insignia is a New York State related insignia. It could be a civil war era one, but it could also be from a somewhat later time, such as the World War One era.

That's funny cannonball guy because I actually found a new York state seal officers cuff button about twenty feet away a couple of weeks ago