WWl 40th Infantry Dog Tag PVT. Herman.

[BLACKIE555]

It's rough, but I could make out the last name. The 40th field artillery was organized in 1918 at Camp Custer. The fort is still in operation just a short distance from where I found it. Additionally, a number of buttons, bullets, casings, clips and period barber dimes have been turning up during my searches. Happy to have saved it. 😀

 

[oldmxrat]

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The original pic was incomplete....better pics here, tons of spent ammo, dud bullets, blank rounds crimped with no projectile and stripper clips in the ground surrounding this object. Hmmm 🤔

I believe that is a catch for an old mortise door lock.

 

[oldmxrat]

Yep, here it is:

 

[BLACKIE555]

Yep, here it is:
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Nice ID! Good eye. I kinda thought it looked a bit weak for a firearm component. Thanks.