Metal hat?

[JDug]

 

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[digitaldigger]

That's a bullseye rosette from a horse tack. Just a question- where'd ya happen to acquire this piece?

 

[JDug]

That's a bullseye rosette from a horse tack. Just a question- where'd ya happen to acquire this piece?

So is it Civil War? What's a horse tack?

 

[Discrimination Dave]

So is it Civil War? What's a horse tack?

Horse tack is the rigging from a horse / saddle / hitching. You know, all the leather straps and such.

 

[JDug]

I know what tack is , I thought ( a tack ) might have been something else more specific. I'll google bullseye rosette and see what I can find.
Thanks