A little info please

[Trapper340]

Found this today at the old house next door about 3 inch deep. I can find the pin but not one with a post like this . is this a WW2 pin ?

 

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[Carolina Tom]

It is a type 1 collar disc. This type was in use from 1910 until 1924.

Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

Here is the link to the info.

That's a nice find sir. Congrats.

 

[Loco-Digger]

It's a DUI, distinctive Unit Insignia or in layman's terms a unit crest.

 

[nhbenz]

Seems to have been from the Engineer Replacement Center, Fort Leonard Wood
(which makes it WWII)
What size is this? Somehow the backing makes me think its a hat badge, just based on the typical screw post size.

 

[Trapper340]

11/8

11/4

 

[nhbenz]

Well, Certainly collar sized as Tom said, I don't why it looked bigger to me.
Here was my source for the motto use (way down at he bottom of the link): http://www.warriorswatch.org/downloads/Army_Mottos.pdf
And a pamphlet from that outfit can be seen, with this insignia, in this search: http://www.google.com/search?q="ert...ved=0ahUKEwisntLP4-rPAhXC6CYKHUhPBegQ_AUICSgB

 

[Trapper340]

Thanks guys for the info. Its a keeper for me

 

[nhbenz]

Sure is! Nice that it has local (Missouri) importance too. Another note about the back is that being a unit insignia as Loco explained, the dates don't follow the same timelines as collar discs. The same good site that Tom mentioned has a separate page for these: Dating Metallic Insignia: Distinctive Insignia