✅ SOLVED Crossed brass saber insignia help

[oldbattleaxe]

This badge measures 1 5/8" across and made of brass. I can find similar sabers but not a disc of this size. What time frame was this used for forum?

 

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[broken_detector]

Looks like a cavalry button of some sort

 

[Jason in Enid]

I can tpin down the exact timeframe, but for one that large it would have been a "hat device". oh, and the crossed sabers are the emblem of the cavalry.

 

[broken_detector]

Looks like a cavalry button of some sort

Like I said cavalry

 

[oldbattleaxe]

I do believe it is a hat device. It is too large for a button and the brass disc is too thin to be a button. My thinking is around WW1 or earlier. But that is why I am here. I do not know and have been looking for years.

 

[Retired Sarge]

It's a collar disc also called collar brass, and as mentioned for a Cavalry unit.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Concur with ffuries, Cavalry collar disc, I don't think it is that old, WWII or after that.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Concur with ffuries, Cavalry collar disc, I don't think it is that old, WWII or after that.

Are you sure? The OP said it was 2 inches across. I've never seen any collar insignia that large.

 

[smallfoot]

OP said 1 5/8"...

 

[Jason in Enid]

OP said 1 5/8"...

damnit, I thought he said it was 2 inches. It must be early onset senility. At least I wont know if it is!

 

[smallfoot]

Lots of stuff here but don't see a match and unfortunately they don't include measurements...

Dating Metallic Insignia: Collar Disks

 

[fyrffytr1]

Are there traces of red paint in the one handle? Also. they don't appear to be as detailed as some of the collar discs or hat badges I have seen. And, one last question, is it convex or flat?

 

[civil_war22]

This badge measures 1 5/8" across and made of brass. I can find similar sabers but not a disc of this size. What time frame was this used for forum?

World War 1 enlisted cavalry collar disk.

 

[broken_detector]

World War 1 enlisted cavalry collar disk.View attachment 1784727

Haha good i.d.

 

[civil_war22]

saw one recently when I was checking some WW1,and WW2 insignia's, and equipment.

 

[fyrffytr1]

World War 1 enlisted cavalry collar disk.View attachment 1784727

The OP's disc is not the same as the one you posted.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

It is convex. I have lots of Cavalry collar discs but not anything like this one. It must be a hat device. We will figure it out. Lots of knowledge on here.

 

[fyrffytr1]

It is convex. I have lots of Cavalry collar discs but not anything like this one. It must be a hat device. We will figure it out. Lots of knowledge on here.

are there paint remnants on it? I think I see red on one of the handles.

 

[ARC]

are there paint remnants on it? I think I see red on one of the handles.

yeah it looked liked enamel to me as well.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

There is some red enamel on the one saber guard. I have been collecting medals for years and never have had one like this one. I am guessing that the saber attachment on the back side had a pin clasp for fastening. The attachment has enough gap to show there is room for one.