World War I or II uniform device?

[Reggie]

I found this at a 19th century housesite which was occupied through the early 1960s. The rear mounting device is offcenter (broken before I found it), and abeing an old soldier I can't remember a reason for the rear mount to be offset. Can you identify this American symbol? I believe it to be either WWI or WWII vintage, but can't identify it precisely. Thanks!

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

Nice find!

 

[moose]

Can't give you any info on find ,but awesome find and wanting to know more as well.HH

 

[Reggie]

The best information available to me is that this is a cavalry horse bridle rosette of the early 1900s, prior to WWII. It is brass and has an offset ] bracket on the rear, through which the leather strap of the bridle passed. The imagine is called "The Great Seal of The United States". Other military rosettes used the more common "U.S." emblem, perhaps for mule bridles in the early 1900s ( but used with horse bridles during the War Between the States). Thank you all for your interest!

 

[RickIowa2009]

Cool

 

[duggap]

I have found several of those from the old Ft. Oglethorpe days. The fort was disbanded in the eraly 1900s. The soldiers there were primaryly Spanish American War era.

 

[Reggie]

Duggap, that's interesting, as my dad trained there in the mid-1920s till about 1931, in the Louisiana National Guard, Cavalry. He would be 100 years old next month had he lived that long. He told me they used to charge Snodgrass Hill against sandbags with machine guns behind them. He didn't know WHY they would charge Machine Guns, but he said the horses knew the drill so well they didn't have to do anything but hangon. They borrowed horses from units stationed in or around there because of the large expense and manpower needed to transfer our Louisiana horses to Ft. Oglethorpe. I sure would like to hunt that area!

 

[CSA GHOST]

Reggie, your research is correct. Thanks to all that contributed to this post. Much of the late 1800s and WW I surplus was sold and wound up on farms across America.
Cool to find these.
GH,
David