brass diamond shaped metal

[peanut]

Any ideas I found two of these in a civil war camp?
Thanks, peanut

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know what it is but I see what looks like two rivets.

 

[Diggerbarns]

Looks like a keyhole plate from a small trunk.

 

[vayank54]

Looks like a keyhole plate from a small trunk.

I've dug them in civil war camps too and that's what I always thought

 

[Breezie]

During the last 37 yrs. our family has refinished alot of trunks for our antique business, and I've never seen a lock plate like that on a pine & tin trunk with oak/pine slats. Also, the rivets look too long for a traveling trunk. It may be a lock plate, but it's not on the trunks made from late Victorian to Turn of the Century as shown below. Breezie

 

[AU24K]

Decorative escutcheon?

Scott

 

[Breezie]

Could it be saddle decor? http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=175963.new;topicseen#new Breezie