2nd Assistant Lady Chief, Amazing Antique Ceremonial Badge by T Beyring, Boston handmade mail box I am doing my best

I am doing my best to learn about things as I find them

There is one tiny spot on the surface of one loop on the rim--very minor

I believe a horizontal weathervane spinner would likely have intersected it at the middle where the loops are

1800 or perhaps a little earilier

so pretty and graphically satisfying

2nd Assistant Lady Chief, Amazing Antique Ceremonial Badge by T Beyring, Boston handmade mail box I am doing my bestThe more I buy and sell, the more I'm drawn to things I've not seen the likes of before, and which might require a special sort of collector to appreciate but how could I not bring this extraordinary antique badge home with me? Quite a wonderfully elaborate, finely crafted creation, making "2nd Assistant Lady Chief" feel like the world's highest honor. Hand engraved silver title banner, American eagle with shield above it, red white and blue silk