A very detailed die-struck brass, privately purchased Civil War “false-embroidered” looped horn infantry insignia. This is 3” wide, has no bends, cracks or breaks, and a nice, mellow, aged patina with a few thin age spots. See Campbell and O’Donnell, Headgear Insignia, pages 150-153 for these, particularly Figure 355 on p.152, dated by them as ca.1855-1865, and which they note as following Horstman’s 1851 design, though with the tassels grouped together, and as “a non-regulation commercial item.” To a degree all false embroidered insignia were non-regulation and commercial since officers’ insignia was to be actual embroidery and was not an item of issue in any case, and issue enlisted insignia were smooth metal that did not imitate embroidery. The looped version of the infantry hunting horn made its appearance on US uniforms in the late 1830s and proved very popular among state militia up through the Civil War, until the US Army change to crossed rifles in 1872. There are no pins or fastening loops, but a small spot of verdigris on the lower reverse might mark where one had been.  [sr][ph:L]

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