✅ SOLVED Military?

rcumbee64

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This looks to something of a military nature. It has what looks to be two spots on the backside where metal hooks or posts may have been. Found at an old homesite. What is it?
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Due to the object's size (in relation to the coin shown in the photo), and having two spots on the back where a metal bar was broken off, it isn't a button, it is a horseharness rosette. Specifically, it is a US Army horsegear rosette from 1902 into the 1930s, showing the Great Seal of the United States. Here's a photo showing the backside of an intact one, and another photo showing one on a horseharness "headstall."
 

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Much to heavy for a button. Makes since to be a horse gear rosette. Thanks!
 

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