THANK YOU, Peggy! Oddly enough, I was just looking at this stopper today, wondering if I'd ever find something to go with it... I've sent a...
Book, that piece is LOVELY!
Nicely done, CMB! Congrats!
Thanks for the input, Owned. Yes, I noticed that, when I was looking around online for others similar to this one. I really am such a creature...
Thank you so much, Anti, Pearls & Patd - and again, Ruth! I can imagine the lady who owned it back then, wearing it to a special New Year's Eve...
Thanks, Ruth! Your dating makes sense to me!
VbN, I have to wonder if this might not be someone's craft project(?). I would call it a "wrapped yarn" doll with a "stockinette face", but I'm...
As everyone here is undoubtedly aware, I know absolutely nothing about costume jewelry! With that said, I am hoping for a bit of info about this...
Welcome, Deb! I'm in NH, too (southern part.)
Nicely done, Zach!
Wow, Flipper - how cool is that?! The back panel is different, but that's the closest thing I've seen so far!
I believe you're absolutely right about that. You can see on the back where the ribbon part was pinned on, and the pin assembly - especially the...
Thank you SO MUCH, MaJa! I really appreciate the information, especially the part about FIX. Very interesting. I did know that these were not...
My thoughts, exactly, Bev! In my first post, I said:
Thanks, Holly. Well, that puts it back into the right time frame for my grandfather, anyway. Still, he worked in ground...
Thanks for the idea, Bev. I just checked with my loupe again. It's definitely a D then an O. No spaces, no periods. The third letter does seem...
Thanks for all the examples, Flipper! Everyone does seem to be calling them "trench art", but I was thinking there might have been some sort of...
Thanks, Aqui. I saw that... The biggest difference I noticed was that the "cuts" accenting the aluminum on the front (to the right of the center...
I don't know that these items exactly belong under "jewelry", but they're not militaria per se, and I'm not quite certain WHERE my question should...
Sure does look like that, Smallaxe! Curious & curiouser... I thought it resembled something from a plane! Well, Pop was neither a flier nor in...
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