Need help identifying relic. What is it and age

[BobE]

A few finds from Saturday 3 17 2013.
thank you
BOBE

[del]

very nice items Bob , I'm very interested in seeing the reverse of the brass Lyre . i'm pretty sure its and Army Musician's shako hatplate , there should of been a letter on the shield to determine the company it was associated with . i haven't found the date on one of these yet but i'm leaning to post Civil War era but i could be off by a bit.

heres a link to one very similar , its the third one down .
http://www.milantique.com/plate2.htm

Dan

[aloldstuff]

Nice recovery on that muscians plate. Once again Del comes thru with the ID.

[BobE]

Dan,
Thanks for your help.
Hope to be out detecting with you soon.
BobE

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

nice finds Bob.is the back of that naval button brass with a backmark or steel back thats rusty?