Those look like Army Air Corps wings, so I'd guess some sort of homefront decorative item.
Not necessarily.
It's older, but not Old. My guess is 50s Czech or maybe even Japanese. The metal is silvery-toned brass.
Ridonculously small. Probably a combination of smaller people and a corset.
I've heard of solid silver nurses's belts but never seen one. Then again, we Murricans don't see the garden variety nursing buckles either. Or...
I love the look, but wool hates me and wants to hurt me. Literally feels like it's burning me. I shall look on with jealousy.
I can see it being used as a nurse's belt later on, especially if one didn't know the origin. Silver got used because it's anti-microbial.
Sure can. That's why we need everyone. Five brains are better than one!
G Fox and Company was a department store in downtown Hartford for a long time. I used to go there when they had a stamp department on the...
Coat buttons, removable so you can wash the coat. I'm betting it was an Austrian loden wool or something like that. They buttons are made to...
Went to the Ill Will mostly to walk around, and walk around is all I did. They had a pile of measuring cups, useful if one needs measuring cups....
There are days....:D:D:D
I see there's more in the blurry mess than a blurry mess, but can't read it.
Truly does make you wonder.
One of our advantages is not being able to find Normal without a GPS.(LOL) We see the stuff the neurotypicals miss and make connections they...
True in a lot of cases, but this one caught me by surprise.
Bargain Hunt dude Charles Hanson busted for domestic nastiness? Or is the more of the same old same old and we in the States never got a memo?...
That usage goes back 30 years that I'm sure of, because that's when I first ran into it.
Seconded. Maybe there was an extender chain in there originally, and it got fouled up. The beads do look like some sort of dyed stone with glass...
Had to hit one at an estate sale once. I wasn't the first one into the jewelry either and can only imagine there were 14k earrings I never saw....
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