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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 869582, member: 136&quot;]I&#039;m wondering if this is from New Zealand - or <i>maybe </i>Australia? </p><p><br /></p><p>I had no success running the patent number, but I have found several others of these online (few in the US.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is actually one like this one in the Aukland War Museum, but there is not much in the way of info given online, except that they call it a chain for eyeglasses:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>retractable gilt spectacle chain in small black box; chain is wound into box and has clasp on end to connect to spectacles; small circular black box with gilt on reverse, pin attached to reverse; engraving on reverse of box reads: PATENT / NO. / 30402 / AUTOLD / REG&#039;D / GILT.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/search?ordinal=123&amp;srt=recent&amp;k=Autold&amp;dept=History" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/search?ordinal=123&amp;srt=recent&amp;k=Autold&amp;dept=History" rel="nofollow">https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/search?ordinal=123&amp;srt=recent&amp;k=Autold&amp;dept=History</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps someone in NZ can find more info?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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