✅ SOLVED US Army Buckle?

[Johnnoh]

It's only about 1.5" in diameter and probably brass (it's heavy). I can see two spots on the back where it looks like it had posts or a bar for fastening something. Is this a belt buckle?

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

It's a bridle (horse tack) rosette, not a buckle.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your find is a solid-cast brass US Army horseharness "Great Seal" rosette, dating from the very early 1900s through the end of the widespread use of horses in the army, in the late-1930s. However, this type of rosette is still in service today when the army uses horses for Ceremonial purposes (such as parades and memorial ceremonies). Yours originally has a solid cast brass staple-shaped bar on its back, for attachment to the leather harness straps. See photos below.

 

[Johnnoh]

Thanks for the id!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice US Army Rosette Johnnoh.

 

[SkyPirate]

Here is the one I found
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/284030-us-cavalry-eagle-bridle-rosette.html

 

[Johnnoh]

I guess this is more common than I originally thought - maybe we should start a club?