civil war insignia

[confederate83]

Anybody seen this style of horn insignia before its rather small

 

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[ivan salis]

yep on the top of union infantry hats known as "kepi" ... if you look online and you will see them in civil war era photographs ..often the company letter was above it and the number below like so

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[confederate83]

Yes but this design is not like the regulation infantry horn insignia and its much smaller than a normal insignia its only about an inch long

 

[Mackaydon]

I wonder if it could be a replica.
Here is a regulation CW enlisted infantry insignia:

And here is an enlisted infantry cap insignia 1872-1875:

Don.............

 

[confederate83]

The only thing similar i have seen is war of 1812 era horns are shaped this way but i have seen no brass stamped ones like this

 

[DCMatt]

Maybe off a child's toy kepi from the 60's or 70's?