Did this come from someones shoulder ?

Kato is still WELL entrenched in this hobby, and hopefully will be well into the future too.

She found this item in a site that historically used to be a bit of an urban rubbish dump 1800's

When she first went there Kato spoke to a woman already detecting and was shown pics of her previous finds,
since then Kato has found silver, gold, artifacts and now this....

So, I suspect that this may have been on the shoulder of a uniform that had shoulder tabs.
About 4" long and 1-1/2" wide it would fit a shoulder.
It may have been plated at some stage, maybe with polished nickel or something shiny.

Any idea's please ?

Want to bump this because Kato and I are stumped as to what it is.

We are really hopeful that someone can help to identify it.

A couple of other pic's for perspective of size, also it is made of pressed copper sheet.

Interesting design , me thinks its a belt buckle

its a old hair brotch you would run a ribbon threw the wires and tie it to a pig tail or the back of a bun type hair grandmother had a few very close to that one

Thanks Savage,

Any idea of when that was the fashion/trend, the ribbon going through the wire loops is easy to imagine,
Kato will be pleased to hear this, it was a personal item.

Some sort of a date range would be nice, if you can help with that.

Cheers.

late 1800 s early 1900 s a lot would depend on how well off your family was gran was still wearing them in the 80 s

Thank you Savage, this item comes from an area in Adelaide that is for the 'well off' families.

BONUS for Kato, she loves the history factor.

I have not had the chance to tell her yet, but she will research the heck out of it for sure.

Your assistance is most appreciated.

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looks to me like it could be an epaulette
https://www.google.com/search?q=epa...hAhXPfn0KHUEjCtkQsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=1268&bih=959

Yeah that's what I first thought too, but looking up 'victorian hair brooch', it definitely comes into that category.
May be a cheaper one, but definately as 'savage bitter' described his Grand Mother wore.

The ones I have seen on the net now match it in shape and some times style, symmetrical.

Marauder said:

looks to me like it could be an epaulette
https://www.google.com/search?q=epa...hAhXPfn0KHUEjCtkQsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=1268&bih=959

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