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Patgore
My reaction was the same as MAP's. The suspension looks like a miniature U.S. Army colonel's shoulder strap, probably 19th cent.
The pendant is a representation of the state seal of Ohio....sunrise behind the Appalachians, wheat sheaf, river (no steamboat), bundle of arrows (should be 17 for 17th state in the Union).
So very likely GAR award, or some Ohio Civil War veterans' encampment trophy.
Sorry I can't be more help but there are collectors of GAR etc. material out there who could probably identify the medal, or state museum in Columbus would surely know.
It's a nice piece.
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