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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 564012, member: 2844&quot;]I still use a hatpin when I wear a hat, and use it to keep my hat from being blown off my head. (Netherlands-flat country-windy country <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />) I have never lost a hat or a hatpin.</p><p>I think single pins could result from either single wear, like I do, or from families splitting up their inheritance. The &#039;I want it too&#039; issue, or equal ditribution of valuable items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Dutch gold &#039;oorijzers&#039; suffered a similar fate, the filigree end decorations were turned into brooches for two daughters (in-law), the gold oorijzer proper was left for melt value:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.memorix.nl%2Fzzm%2Fthumb%2F400x400%2F95ce91dc-ce3d-3bdd-0004-d0a0bf61516b.jpg&amp;sp=f43646a1a7c05fd0f001d1ab70126377" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sad:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.modemuze.nl%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fwysiwyg%2Fpublic%2Fimage-collection%2Fnederlands_openluchtmuseumn.32835.jpg%3Fitok%3DHQDYXblz&amp;sp=2e470fda58c81e8db1c20afbec154a2b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These examples are from Friesland, in the north.</p><p>The way it was meant to be worn, to secure the lace cap in a windy country:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4145%2F4957177067_d9d39b0918_b.jpg&amp;sp=a0ef5577ddbe38c23c89594157065de5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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