Here is a link with some photos of Union corps badges: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_Corps_Badges I hope this helps. Roger Lester Meri Schoof wrote: > Could you try to post the photo of the item? That would help us figure it > out. > > Thanks, > Meri > > On Dec 1, 2007 10:55 AM, les williams <lesliebwilliams@msn.com> wrote: > > >> A fellow genealogy researcher sent me a photo of a possible civil war >> uniform item or that of a subsequent social organization's accouterment. It >> is made of off-white, course woven material, in the shape of a square with a >> handle at one corner (like a square pan with handle at corner). It is about >> three inches wide, and four inches long (with handle part upright, opposite >> corner pointed down (imagine a baseball diamond looking from center field to >> home plate). The "handle" part has a button hole which looks to be hand >> stitched. There is a square (diamond) within, the points being bronze stars >> (two painted red) with four bronze studs between each star forming the >> sides. In the middle of this diamond is another star painted dark blue. A >> lot of the paint/coating of the stars is worn off. >> >> If anyone has an inkling of what this might be, or wants me to email the >> photo, please let me know. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Les Williams >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >