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Hi, I looked at my only reference book for American badges by Evans E Kerrigan (published 1967) thinking I has seen something similar. There are lots of bar shaped badges, lots with crossed rifles and or crossed pistols etc. and there are similar bar topped medal type badges. I took a photo of the section with the best looking shooting badges, and the text which says there were lots more - and those would warrant a book. Hope this helps.

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Gb, It looks broken to me but it looks like the other rifle barrel comes past the other guns butt stock.

CPT GhostLight, Wow you did a fantastic job!!!! That's what I had thought it would look like. It's possible that it was two piece and the back is gone but it looks early to me. All the Civil War stuff that I have seen just doesn't look the same. Many thanks for the effort you put into that!!!

Kac, no pin back and from the pic's its small.

 

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Just so everyone knows what the shield looks like on a New Jersey copper.

 

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Any post marks or signs of any sort of mounting on the edges? Maybe posts for tacks that may have broken off?

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Kac, No post or marks. This is very thin copper, but possible two piece.

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I thought it might be part of a marksmanship badge or medal, or the top part of a Civil War/Spanish-American War era medal. I did find a Spanish-American War era Marksmanship medal from the Pennsylvania National Guard. It's not the same, but it may have been from a similar medal only earlier vintage. Here's the link:

Spanish American War Era Pennsylvania National Guard Marksman Medal 1899 Bronze

 

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