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🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Unidentified carved silver item found at civil war hospital

DiggerKid2003

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This may be unidentifiable, and I probably have wishful thinking. Obviously in a situation like this I’m hoping Corps badge or something of the like, but I can’t find any similar examples anywhere. I’m 99% sure it’s silver, it’s quite heavy and solid silver color all the way through. It appears to be hand made as there’s multiple spots that are very crude/ hand carved. Couple spots on the top that look like it might’ve had a pin soldered on?

Mix of random numbers/ letters. I know in the top right for sure I see “TOR”

On the bottom I’m seeing “PS125232”? Not sure if that’s exactly right but something very close. Letters/numbers are stamped and really wore down, don’t get much info from a loop. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas I would appreciate it 👌

(Side note, this place is 18th century to right around the civil war. Haven’t found much turn of the century relics or anything past the civil war and it was quite a large camp/ hospital as we’ve found a lot of civil war relics here.)
 

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I've got something very similar that turned out to be part of printing press . Yours being silver you say than I have no clue
 
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I've got something very similar that turned out to be part of printing press . Yours being silver you say than I have no clue
Cool find. Reminds me of some kind of key, but then its silver.
 
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I think Nathan may be correct. Looks like part of a printing die/plate. Just a guess. Good luck with finding solution and thanks for sharing.
 

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