Found amongst Civil war Confederatesl relics!! Any ideas on this neat piece

[Gregg3131]

Found this at old house site which has produced several Confederate and early militia relics. Any ideas?

 

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[huntsman53]

Possible ladies Dress Belt Buckle cover!!?? It appears period (i.e. around the Civil War time period).

 

[DiggerKid2003]

Man that would've given me a heart attack seeing the bird and thinking Louisiana but probably what huntsman said.

 

[Rookster]

One awesome find.Congrats.

 

[Gregg3131]

Yes I about had a heart attack.

 

[masterjedi]

So awesome of a find...

 

[Bramblefind]

Neat find! There have been others like it posted here in the past but I don't think there is a positive ID yet - here are a couple threads:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/151232-swan-thingy.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/134801-brass-thing-duck-swan.html

 

[Bruce R]

The back kinda looks like it was maybe soldered to something.

 

[Bruce R]

There’s another one on here by a poster called Peanut

 

[CRUSADER]

Being that its pressed copper plate its circa late 19th C.