Call me crazy, but the wear and soil accululation at the edge of the brass looks suspicious, it doesn;t look like something that has been there a long time. The center rivet the peening is high, the color seems bright, I would want to take a very close hands on look at this.... I'd want to look at the bottom of the tool marks on the decoration on the brass with a good loop or microscope to look for signs of age.
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