Metalic 9th Corps pin

[cosgood]

Guys,

I remember years ago I used to see metalic (maybe silver but I cant remember) corps badge pins that you could go an have engraved. Anyone know of a source for these types of badges? I did a bunch of searching and came up with nothing.

thanks,

[garyjd]

Casey, I'm actually looking for the same thing myself. S & S Sutler in Gettysburg carries a few handcut ones made by a jewler. I bought a 5th Corps badge a few years ago. While it's okay I feel the engraving is a bit crude compared to most. ~Gary

[cosgood]

Gary,

I thought I saw some at the Horse Soldier a long time ago, not sure if they still have them. I plan to make a trip to the burg in a few months, for a material purchasing venture, I will check the various spots.

Casey

[musketbal]

Hi guys,
The jewler is from my neck of the woods. Salisbury, Maryland. He is a goldsmith and has made the Maryland bottoney cross on my uniform. He also has a professional hand engraver from Cambridge, Maryland do very detailed work.Mr. Schilling does pins for S&S Sutler in Gettysburg.
Mr. Schilling can be contacted at 1-800-654-1269. His local number is 410-749-7762. Mr. Schilling is very capable to do any work.
SCHILLING'S
28115 Nanticoke Rd.
Salisbury, Maryland 21801

Hope this helps,

Brent Conner

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z158/musketbal/RichmondTypeI002-1-1.jpg

[cosgood]

Brent,

How much roughly does he charge for the engraved pins?

thanks,

[musketbal]

cosgood, The pin is German Silver. It is hand made. The pin its self is about $40.00. Mr.Schilling then sent it to a hand engraver, which I believe was about $85.00. I'm sure the price would be less if brass or other materials were used. For the engraving a photocopied picture of what I wanted was all required. It was done perfectly in all detail. I learned the hard way and had a locale jeweler to machine engrave the first pin. There is no comparrison between hand engraved and done on a machine. Hope this is of help.

Brent Conner

[cosgood]

Brent,

Thanks! Thats actually not a bad cost. I have pictures of 2 original pins ID'd to the 14th NYHA, so I will get in touch with Mr. Schilling to have some custom work done.

thanks,
Casey

[Jim Mayo]

Here is a soldier made 9th corps badge I found in Petersburg but it is so little you can hardly see it. I think it was made from a 3cent piece. You can barely see the scratched on cannon and anchor. For some of you talented individuals why not get a CW dated quarter and carve your own. Get a well worn one so you won't have to smooth it out much.

[Jim Mayo]

Here are a few other examples of metal corps badges.

[cosgood]

Jim,

Thanks for the photos. I noticed one pin is from the 24th NY Cav in the 9th Corps. They served in a brigade with the 14th NYHA, as Dismounted cav. They didnt get horses until Oct. 1864, they sereved the whole summer after enlistment on foot, being promised horses in 6 weeks after they formed! An interesting regiment, and 1 company was from my neck of the woods. The whole brigade was interesting, 14th NYHA, 24th NY Cav (Dismounted), 2nd NY Mounted Rifles (Dismounted) and the 2 PA Heavy Artillery. Kinda a losers club of brigades, and poor leadership (James Leadley) during the crater, you know the guy who stayed in a bomb proof getting drunk, while his troops were getting a whoopin. No wonder the Sgt in the 24th said the 14th was the worst regiment in the service, my moral wouldnt be high either with that kind of leadership.