Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts handprinted make do sign and then three individual soldiers

and then three individual soldiers mounted to their own little blocks

or an colorful object to set somewhere

But one can see a little house and maybe a church with steeple too on the far horizon

this cased photo is I believe a tintype

Curious Pair of Old Carved Birds (Falcons?) on Posts handprinted make do sign and then three individual soldiersI purchased this these from a dealer based in Pennsylvania, but really don't know anything specific about them. I take them for falcons, calling to mind ancient Egyptian ones; they also remind me of a couple of old men standing on the corner talking about sports and neighborhood news! It seems possible they actually functioned as decoys of sorts, as there are a bunch of holes in the wood, as if a woodpecker went to work pecking away at them, and I