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Graud18
02-02-2014, 07:43 AM
36852 Hello everyone
I found this American eagle. The area was a POW camp for prisoners of war. Is anyone able to help me what's the exact model of an eagle. Looks like a product of the nineteenth century. On the back cast. No signatures. Sorry for spelling mistakes.

I greet the Polish Graud

The Rebel
02-02-2014, 08:41 AM
Without looking into it I'm guessing it's WW I. Can you give us some more info about the POW's.

Graud18
02-02-2014, 09:38 AM
In 09.15.1944 the camp there were two Americans, are likely to be buried in the grave in the cemetery of the garrison. During World War I certainly had been held by the French and English. Americans do not have any information. The eagle was found about 10 kilometers from the camp. At the camp, I found a small button signed RLMFG CO NEWARK. NJ

del
02-02-2014, 10:51 AM
Hello Graud18 , welcome to the forum :waving:, can you post a picture of the reverse , i'd like to see if there are any attachments or brazed solder marks where it would attach to something.

Dan

Graud18
02-02-2014, 11:16 AM
36853Photo of the reverse.

del
02-02-2014, 12:26 PM
It resembles a WWII Colonel's insigia but i can't seem to find the exact match .

Graud18
02-02-2014, 03:24 PM
There were some patterns of eagles on the colonel's epaulets?

Graud18
02-02-2014, 03:43 PM
Maybe manufactured before World War I?

del
02-02-2014, 04:47 PM
There were some patterns of eagles on the colonel's epaulets?

saw those , they were closer to this type . maybe they were pre WWI

Timewarpdigger
02-02-2014, 06:17 PM
Nice find and welcome to a great forum. Safe & HH

Digger Don
02-03-2014, 06:31 PM
What ever it is, It's a cool find
Congrats

fyrffytr1
02-03-2014, 10:59 PM
I think it may be a sweetheart pin. Here is one similar to yours: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/193425-unknown-eagleshield-pin/

del
02-04-2014, 06:07 AM
I think it may be a sweetheart pin. Here is one similar to yours: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/193425-unknown-eagleshield-pin/

Thats almost an exact match Fyrffytr1 , I think your right about its id. :thumbsup02:

Graud18
02-04-2014, 06:28 AM
Hello

Everything becomes slowly make sense. On the same field, I found the button Haller's Blue Army. As is well known Polish emigrants from the United States was 23,000 soldiers. Haller's Army took part in the peaceful liberation of the city on 01.23.1920 year.
Thank you for your help in identifying

Image button found in the same field.
As the snow melts and the ground thaw go to the same place can I find something else

link to information about Polish Americans http://www.polishheritage.ca/news_detail.aspx?news_page_id=4&news_id=47
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Kosciuszko_Camp

36868

giant056
02-04-2014, 12:05 PM
Very cool find :thumbsup01: