What is this

[fano169]

Found this bowl shaped piece of brass with what looks like a rivit in the middle , it's a bit larger than a penny ? Any ideas

 

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[smokeythecat]

Looks like a coin button. Are you sure it's a rivet and not a shank? Does it go all the way thru?

 

[fano169]

Looks like a coin button. Are you sure it's a rivet and not a shank? Does it go all the way thru?

Yes it does go thru

 

[creskol]

Can you get a better pic?

 

[taz42o]

White backgrounds often make objects dark because the camera focuses on the white , try a darker back ground and get the light behind the camera but not shaded by it.

 

[Minrelica]

The dark pic looks like part of a shotgun casing but a lighter pic may reveal its true identity

 

[CRUSADER]

I get loads of these, I used to think furniture decor, but most stay they are horse harness decor.

 

[fano169]

New pictures

 

[DCMatt]

DCMatt

 

[CRUSADER]

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With the better pictures, I can now see that its too concaved for what I thought.

DCMatt looks to have nailed it.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

i believe it is the remains of WWII army enlisted mens collar brass...should be crossed rifles or cannon on the piece, the rivet is a screw to hold the pin to the back, the insigna on the front.
the army used that severe dome during the war, later pieces were flat.

 

[fano169]

Could be anyone of those , thanks maybe if I clean it better it will have a mark

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

i believe it is the remains of WWII army enlisted mens collar brass...should be crossed rifles or cannon on the piece, the rivet is a screw to hold the pin to the back, the insigna on the front.
the army used that severe dome during the war, later pieces were flat.

Doesnt look like a collar brass. I go with the bell. It would help to post a side view so we can see the height of the dome. Hard to tell.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Actually it could be a post WW2 two piece "dome" type collar disk, we'd need to know it's actual diameter to confirm that. I put one in my caliper and got a measurement of 1.03 inches.

Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

 

[Joseph Gilbert]

Actually it could be a post WW2 two piece "dome" type collar disk, we'd need to know it's actual diameter to confirm that. I put one in my caliper and got a measurement of 1.03 inches.

Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

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I agree looks like an old two piece dome or button facet

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

i believe it is the remains of WWII army enlisted mens collar brass...should be crossed rifles or cannon on the piece, the rivet is a screw to hold the pin to the back, the insigna on the front.
the army used that severe dome during the war, later pieces were flat.​

quote secretcanyon

Actually it could be a post WW2 two piece "dome" type collar disk, we'd need to know it's actual diameter to confirm that. I put one in my caliper and got a measurement of 1.03 inches.

Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

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Great link Ken. I need to save that one.

I agree an exact measurement will clarify this.

 

[fano169]

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

secretcanyon may be correct