War of 1812 Shako Hat Device for a Foliate Script I?

[water rocks]

This was found in St. Mary's Georgia among other period Items. Thanks

 

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[A2coins]

Lost me lol Cool find

 

[A2coins]

Welcome Tommy

 

[HuntinDog]

Looks like half of a sash buckle

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I dunno, pretty cool though

 

[Hawks88]

Nice find. Congrats. Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Next time I catch up with you, I’d like to see it in person.

 

[invent4hir]

Huntindog is on the right track. Could also be half of a brooch. That rectangular part at the bottom of both pictures is where the other half would attach (I think). Looks 19th c.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

My initial thought was... part of a Victorian sash buckle as well.

Dave

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

My initial thought also was that it's part of a Victorian sash buckle.

It might be that my eyes are playing tricks on me, but there looks to be a patent number on this tab.

Dave

 

[ARC]

IMO... this is not war related.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

For any readers here who don't already know it, here's a relic time-dating tip. If the object is American-made and has a marking saying "Pat" or "Patent(ed)" followed by a number rather than a date, it is no older than the early-1900s. For US-patented objects, the change from using a date to a Patent number happened sometime in the 1920s, if I recall correctly. Somebody here might know the exact year, but my now very elderly brain has forgotten it.