jonsey2001 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Hello, I have the pair and am wondering if anybody know what unit. They are Meyers pin back. Not sterling. Thanks in advance. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I'd start looking at Coast Defense Artillery units... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsey2001 Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Thanks I haven't had time yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thanks I haven't had time yet. I just took a look at my best reference...website of the Coast Defense Study Group: http://cdsg.org/coast-artillery-corps/ They have a pdf with Coast Artillery DUI: http://cdsg.org/old/reprint%20PDFs/CACRegInsig.pdf Your DUI is not in there... But those crossed oars with anchor and the star-shaped fort as the crest still make me think Coast Artillery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Found it!!! Not Coast Artillery... It's an Engineer unit. Specifically, the 21st Engineer Battalion. Former elements of the unit were part of the Army of the Potomac and the crossed oars and anchor is the old badge of the Engineers and Pontoniers. Here is the US Army Institute of Heraldry website page for the unit with its DUI: http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=8784&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsey2001 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Nice! Many thanks I just sat down to a cup of tea and my pc... mystery solved! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) Nice! Many thanks I just sat down to a cup of tea and my pc... mystery solved! Thanks! My pleasure. Disappointed I didn't nail Coast Artillery from the start, but I think I recovered well enough. As a pin back, this piece is most likely prior to mid-60s, when I believe clutch backs became the norm. Sorry I can't be more precise than that. Edited April 26, 2014 by IrishGunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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