🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Brooch? Hat pin? Military? Surprise find in junk part of pouch.

[winslow]

This was a nondescript mangled piece of brass found near a creek that got thrown in with all the other junk found that day. Raining today so cleaning up. I used a magnet to confirm non-ferrous and hit it with a file to affirm it was brass before tossing into my brass bucket that eventually gets emptied at the scrapyard. Got curious and used pliers to "unmangle"it. It was symmetric. Took a picture at that point and cleaned it up a bit. Reminds me of a military hat pin but I have no clue. I feel like an idiot that I used a file on it! Picture with quarter is for size comparison only.

 

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[Westward Treks]

I think it's a US Army Warrant Officers insignia. Maybe from around WW2.

 

[Westward Treks]

I think it's a US Army Warrant Officers insignia. Maybe from around WW2.

Cool find indeed.

 

[Nathan W]

Very nice. Love old military relics

 

[DizzyDigger]

Just goes to show ya that ya never know what you're going to find in the dirt...

 

[Retired Sarge]

It's not a US Army Warrant Officer's cap insignia. The WO insignia didn't have flags, see below for the WO cap insignia.

Not even sure if the OPs badge/pin is military at all to my knowledge, at least from what I've seen, it might just be a patriotic badge/pin.

ETA: Looking at the pin more, I see what looks like an eagle head (Can't say eagle as there is only the head), 2 flags which I assume both are US, shield and 2 axes. So leaning towards definitely not being military.

 

[invent4hir]

Neat find and good job saving it. Is there anything left of where the pin mounted in the third pic? If so, post a clear side view pic, as that might help date it.