Some kind of plate?? Need help i.d.ing this one

[Ripcon]

I just got back from a site in west central Mississippi that has yielded civil war artifacts and I found this brass plate. It measures 2 inches x 1.5 inches and has no design on it.
On the back, it appears to have been soldered.
Any ideas

 

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[dfallis1]

At first look it reminds me of a plate used in Rev war. Smokeythecat found one right in front of me LOL. Someone will have some info. NIce find Congrats

 

[Ripcon]

Thanks...Can't wait to hear from others as well. Thanks for your input.

 

[tennessee digger]

Not sure on that one. I'm curious on what some of the others think it might be?

 

[smokeythecat]

I'm not real sure. The Confederates used a bunch of home made items. War of 1812 folks were all down that way too. I can't tell how it was attached from the pictures.

 

[Ripcon]

I'm guessing they had plates like the size I found? It appears to be lead(?) solder. Might have even been to a cartridge box or another type of accoutrement. Just not sure. Smokeythecat - was the plate you found the same size as mine?

 

[CRUSADER]

Clearly it soldered onto another piece of metal. I don't know of many plates where this was a fixing option. I highly doubt its Military related.

 

[Ripcon]

I wonder what it's purpose was - a labeling plate, maybe?

 

[CRUSADER]

I wonder what it's purpose was - a labeling plate, maybe?

I thought it might be an ID plate that never got written on, but I'm not very sure.

 

[smokeythecat]

It looks like it was soldered to something else. The one I found was much larger and had hooks integrally cast into the back of it. No solder.

 

[Icewing]

I'm pretty sure that's just plain old copper and a bit of scrubbing wouldn't hurt to help you see any details like stampings that much be hidden. On the side you say was soldered, it almost looks like an S in the top right corner. I could be seeing things which wouldn't be the first time. I always say it's not like an unidentified piece of scrap copper can lose much value, so scrub till you know.