US Army badge or?

StevenB

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• Jun 1, 2017

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Just when I thought my front yard wasn't going to give up anything else I dug this. Looks to me like a US Army hat badge or similar, but the casting seems a bit crude so maybe it's a replica or a kid's badge? I don't know what kind of metal it is but it has a dull pewter-like sheen. There was a pin on the back but it's rusted away. Quarter (found on another recent hunt) shown for scale. Sorry for the poor photo.

 

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SueK

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• Jun 1, 2017

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Yep! It's off of a great seal pin. Nice!

 

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• Jun 1, 2017

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Nice find! I'm wondering if it dates to around the same time frame as the quarter next to it? Congrats!

 

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• Jun 1, 2017

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A Woman's Army hat insignia......

 

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I'd say toy, as I agree it's too crude (diecast?), with extra material clinging to the edges. The number of stars in each row of the top portion should be in the pattern (from the top row down): 1,4,3,4,1. which doesn't appear to me me to be the case.

 

StevenB

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NHBenz said:

I'd say toy, as I agree it's too crude (diecast?), with extra material clinging to the edges. The number of stars in each row of the top portion should be in the pattern (from the top row down): 1,4,3,4,1. which doesn't appear to me me to be the case.

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The star pattern seems correct, although they're closer to dots than stars. I also tend to think it's a replica because you would expect that an official badge would be better quality, but then again after several decades underground it's hard to tell.

 

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• Jun 2, 2017

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NHBenz said:

I'd say toy, as I agree it's too crude (diecast?), with extra material clinging to the edges. The number of stars in each row of the top portion should be in the pattern (from the top row down): 1,4,3,4,1. which doesn't appear to me me to be the case.

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It might depend on who made them at the time.

 

Charlie Tuna

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• Jun 4, 2017

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Around the turn of the century they had devices about the same size that were used as collar insignia.