Civil war Calvary bridal rosette? I don't know

[RebelYeller]

This weekend, I found this in a CW Calvary encampment, that I have pulled many relics from in the past. It seems to be silver or at least silver plated on the front and lead on the back. It looks like it used to have two iron attachments on the back also. It is about the size of a silver dollar, and appears to have a wolf head engraved on the front. I cannot find anything like it on google or anywhere else for that matter. Anyone have any clue?

 

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[Tedyoh]

Definitely a rosette, on a civil war horse I doubt but could be from that time frame....very cool, I like finding rosettes

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[callicles]

Great find!! I thought it might have been the back of an old watch.... shows what I know!!
Congrats!!

 

[4x4x4]

....Looks "cougar"ish to me. Thanks.

 

[Ripcon]

Having a lead backing is a good sign that it's from that mid-nineteenth century time period. Post-Civil War rosettes usually had iron backs.
Good find!

 

[creskol]

Looks like it depicts a disgruntled Union officer .. bound to be Confederate!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with 4x4x4, sorta... the ears are too short for a wolf. But the neck looks too short and much too thick for a Cougar. So I'm guessing an open-mouthed growling bear, which has a short thick neck.

Ripcon is right... shortly after the civil war ended, nearly all horseharness rosettes had a sheet-iron back, instead of being lead/solder-filled. The rusted stubs on your rosette's back are the remnants of the thick iron wire "crossbar."

 

[CRUSADER]

I agree with 4x4x4, sorta... the ears are too short for a wolf. But the neck looks too short and much too thick for a Cougar. So I'm guessing an open-mouthed growling bear, which has a short thick neck.

Ripcon is right... shortly after the civil war ended, nearly all horseharness rosettes had a sheet-iron back, instead of being lead/solder-filled. The rusted stubs on your rosette's back are the remnants of the thick iron wire "crossbar."

Agreed with most of that, but I do think its a large cat of some type, not a bear.

 

[nhbenz]

It's pretty cool, I don't recall seeing a bridle rosette that had anything remotely scary on it before... but the facial structure looks more human than anything to me. Kinda like Geraldo Rivera dressed as the wolfman.

 

[sutphin]

DAMN IM BALD FROM PULLING MY HAIR OUT ON SOME OF THESE RELICS , COOOOL.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Turns out it's not a quick simple task to find a photo showing a bear or big-cat looking straight at you like the critter on the rosette. I had to settle for a photo of a Kodiak bear (which has longer hair than a grizzly or black or brown bear. In the Kodiak's photo, you'll note that (like the rosette critter) the bear's eyes are close together, and small relative to "face size," the ears are short relative to head size, the nose is hairless, and the nose is large relative to face-size. Compare those characteristics with the face/head of a cougar... whose photo I chose because it is the largest American cat and the rosette is American-made. A big cat's ears are large relative to head size, the nose is almost entirely covered by short hair, and the eyes are large relative to its head size. Just for further comparison, I'll include a photo of a lioness... note the wide-set eyes, and fur-covered nose.

 

[Tedyoh]

Yeah i spent some looking as well...to me it looks like something that American Indians would find symbolic, although I have no idea if they delt with or made rosettes or had harnesses for their horses .

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[RebelYeller]

Turns out it's not a quick simple task to find a photo showing a bear or big-cat looking straight at you like the critter on the rosette. I had to settle for a photo of a Kodiak bear (which has longer hair than the a grizzly or black or brown bear. In the Kodiak's photo, you'll note that (like the rosette critter) the bear's eyes are close together, and small relative to "face size," the ears are short relative to head size, the nose is hairless, and the nose is large relative to face-size. Compare those characteristics with the face/head of a cougar... whose photo I chose because it is the largest American cat and the rosette is American-made. A big cat's ears are large relative to head size, the nose is almost entirely covered by short hair, and the eyes are large relative to its head size. Just for further comparison, I'll include a photo of a lioness... note the wide-set eyes, and fur-covered nose.

Yeah I see the mountain lion, now that you said it[emoji106]

Yeah i spent some looking as well...to me it looks like something that American Indians would find symbolic, although I have no idea if they delt with or made rosettes or had harnesses for their horses .

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