Repurposing Vintage Horse Medallions

Horse medallions are staples in antique stores.  You can find them everywhere.  These were once used on horse harnesses for decoration. Most are brass and they are typically inexpensive to buy either in stores or on Ebay or Etsy.  You can buy them on the leather harness like below or alone or in sets.

Some are prettier than others.....

(Horse Medallion)

You can buy them individually or in larger sets:

(Set of 2)

(Vintage Medallions)

(Horse Medallion)

 (Horse Medallion)

There are interesting ways to re-purpose these antique treasures.....

(Re-purposed Horse Medallions)

(Christmas Ornaments)

(Bottle Opener?)

(More Christmas Ornaments)

This is a cleaver idea....

Use them to weight and to decorate a table cloth.

(Pinterest)

I'm toying with the idea of making a needlepoint "hanger" for these, to either hang them like on an old bell pull or separately.  Stay tuned.....