Trying to identify the typeface used for the words "West Point" on Military Academy rings. It's also seen on buildings at West Point.

Question

I searched the USMA library's collection of class rings to see when the typeface first appeared.  Very old rings are completly worn down so the words/typface are indistinguishable.  I did find one from 1926 with the typefce in question.  The builidng in my attached photo example was built in 1931.  The timeframe might be helpful.  I've searched the web as best I can but am coming up empty.  I hope someone with expertise can help.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, both of your images are examples of hand-carved lettering.

 

Unless someone with a love of West Point and typography has backwards-engineered typefaces based on siimilar samples, you won't find equivalents among digital fonts.

Comments

What Kevin says. There aren’t many common letters between the two samples, but the T appears in both, and it has a very different form in each.

One typeface that is vaguely related in its uncialish style is Numismatisch. Designed by Otto Hupp specifically for reproducing medieval seals and similar inscriptions, it was available at the DeVinne Press in New York. James Grieshaber made a digital interpretation as P22 Numismatic.