New Kilt Pin

**Hosehead** · 7th August 06, 06:34 PM

Here you go:

http://antietammuseum.stores.yahoo.net/sheillahpin.html

**macwilkin** · 7th August 06, 07:09 PM

There is a big debate in the reenacting community about just who exactly wore the Irish harp (or angel harp, as I have seen it referred to as well) badge. Certainly it was more likely to be found in "ethnic" Irish regiments, such as the 69th, the 116 Pennsylvania, 28th Mass., etc. Today, however, it seems like every reenactor wears one, regardless of what unit they are portraying. During the 19th century, one would not be so "bold" with their ethnicity among "native" Americans, due to anti-immigrant (especially anti-Irish) sentiment among the general population...

...but I digress. :mrgreen: I like it. It would look very good on an Irish caubeen as well.

Cheers,

Todd

**Tattoo Bradley** · 7th August 06, 07:17 PM

Freaking SWEET!

**macwilkin** · 7th August 06, 07:21 PM

Totally OT, but btw, the CD they sell on the web site -- "The Irish Volunteer" by David Kincaid, a reenactor in the recreated 116th PA Vol. Infantry, is "bully"! We sell it and the companion volume of Kincaid's at Wilson's Creek, and it is one of the BEST Civil War music CDs out there.

T.

billmcc · 8th August 06, 01:11 AM

Nice! I've been looking for something with an Irish theme to use as a kilt pin. How large is it?

**Jimmy Carbomb** · 8th August 06, 05:43 AM

Hosehead, I have that exact same pin! It's the one that I'll wear with both of my Irish National kilts, my Saffron kilt, and my St. Patrick tartan kilt.

If it's the exact same one that I have... just be careful of the weight of that baby! I find that it knocks against my knee cap when I'm walking and gets rather annoying. If it didn't look so freakin' great, I would have delegated it to a lapel pin on a dress jacket. For the sake of fashion, I'll take a knee bruise.