Phoenix hat pin?

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I accidentally posted this in Today's Finds, but this eagle had three shanks on the back, in addition to a larger metal loop thing on the side. There was a crack that eventually broke the eagle's head off when I cleaned it.

It was found in an old farm house yard in Virginia. Any help would be appreciated
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Re: Eagle hat pin?

I found a pic of one in Stanley Phillip's Excavated Artifact's. It just says Militia Hat Insignia? So we still don't know. Hopefully someone will be able to ID this. If you don't find out by later this month I will be seeing someone who should know and will try to remember to ask.
 

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I can tell you that it the Phoenix bird,"Rising From The Ashes",which had a military affiliation with Haiti
 

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Hmmm, it might be a phoenix. I can see what could be flames or crazy feathers around the bottom.
 

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Re: Eagle hat pin?

?I assure you it is a Phoenix,here is a Phoenix Button :wink:
 

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Re: Eagle hat pin?

vthepresident said:
Hmmm, it might be a phoenix. I can see what could be flames or crazy feathers around the bottom.

you can see the burning logs. The attachments are consistant with our capbadges (hat pins).
 

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Rando said:
CRUSADER said:
Rando said:
CRUSADER said:
lol, probably not, that was a satirical cartoon..

Kinda funny though.

OK, it was a wild google. Still think it is a phoenix :wink:
ditto...
I agree. I am rather fond of the phoenix as an image, since I dropped out of college and almost threw away my future, only to bounce back and make it through graduate school this coming May with a wonderful wife and my first child on the way. Rising from the ashes has personal meaning for this treasure hunter!
thanks for the comments
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