"HAIL COLUMBIA" ???? Help please..

[SavingThePast]

I need some help with this one if someone can. I found it about 2 feet from an 1851 Large cent and what I believe is an old ring. All three finds couldnt have been more than 3 feet apart.
I did find a link that shows a button that looks like mine but I don't think mine is a button. I found the broken piece next to it in the picture along with it. I am thinking it was a pin or something maybe? I don't know if it has any value or not. Here is the link to the button, it is located almost at the bottom of the page. Any help appreciated!

http://georgewashingtoninauguralbuttons.com/black.html

 

[jlfann]

could be a new york militia belt plate 2 piece called a tongue and wreath just a thought

 

[brianc577]

I think it is a tongue portion to a two piece buckle, see if the wreath os around!!!!!!

 

[HuntinDog]

I don't think that it is a button.
It appears that it has attachment points at the top and bottom.
I'm thinking that it is a pin or part of a ribbon.
Also the piece you found next to it is half of a suspender buckle.

Great finds
Congrats..

HH

 

[AIRFORCEMIKE]

I thinks its paper-towel, i could be wrong

 

[Sonorguy]

http://relicman.com/plates/zArchivePlatePrewarMilitiaTwoPartSash.htm
scroll down to this iteam,
P0719 Militia two part sash buckle, eagle in flight surrounded by 15 stars, thin die stamped.
cheers

 

[Ground_Hog_MD]

Nice ID Sonorguy . and very nice find

 

[Mud Dauber]

I just found this on another board:

"Your mystery item is a "Hail Columbia" Eagle motif suspender buckle of the Elisha Steele patent design, dating from the 1850's.

Hail Columbia was our country's popular national anthem of the 19th century. The attached image of a freshly dug complete undamaged example is one of my personal recoveries. There are similar designs noted on some of the stamped brass two-piece interlocking "Tongue & Wreath" belt buckles of the period, yet the phrase "Hail Columbia" is not present on the belt buckle versions. The round suspender buckles with the rivet hole below, of Elisha Steele patent design, are noted in several motif variations, including the I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows), Christian Cross - patent 1846&9 (exact match for the T&W buckle, Jenny Lind, and possibly more. All these are quite rare, with the Hail Columbia Eagle being the most commonly seen of the lot. Some of these round stamped brass Elisha Steele suspender buckles are crimped over a thin back of rolled tinned sheet iron, while others are crimped over a thin rolled sheet brass back (much like two-piece buttons of the period). The examples with tinned sheet irons backs rarely survive well in the ground over time"


Better late than never!

 

[HuntinDog]

Could you give a link to that "attached Image"
I would love to see a complete one.