Civil War Finds, handguard???

[nova treasure]

I found these at a CW Camp Today and not really for sure of their use. The one piece reminds me of some sort of knife/saber handguard, but not for sure. It is made of heavy brass and the hole for inserting a blade or mounting something is oval shape and almost big enough you can slide a pencil through. the two chains are interesting as the smaller i Would think is part of a bracelet.
any help would be apprieciated and Happy Holidays

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

The first one isn't a knife or sword part, it's some sort of hook but I don't know what it's original use would have been

 

[ARC]

Wagon tarp hook perhaps

 

[SkaBa]

The three big rings are used as a drag chain on seed planters. Still in use today.

 

[nova treasure]

The first one isn't a knife or sword part, it's some sort of hook but I don't know what it's original use would have been

Thanks, it would make more sense as it is pretty heavy for it's size.

 

[nova treasure]

The three big rings are used as a drag chain on seed planters. Still in use today.

Sounds good to me, i knew it wasn't CW related but wasnt for sure of it's use. Thanks

 

[BosnMate]

The small square link chain could possibly be a light duty drive chain, timing something, like seeds out of a planter, something like that. I'm trying to think of what that hook might have been used for in conjunction with horse harness, and so far I'm coming up blank.