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Hallmarked Birmingham 1909
Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Friday, 12 October 2012 10:55:17 PM(UTC)
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Found this tonight.
It is silver and hallmarked Birmingham 1909 but what do you reckon it is?

The answer and another pic are on my blog if you are curious. :-)

MK
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expat  
Posted : Saturday, 13 October 2012 3:19:34 AM(UTC)
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Nice find Kiwi, and a really nice blog you have too. Superb photos throughout, thanks for sharing it with us.



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Posted : Saturday, 13 October 2012 7:58:01 AM(UTC)
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It has that same look about it as my 1920s shooting prize badge I found. How old is it do you know?
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Posted : Saturday, 13 October 2012 8:12:28 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: tonznz Go to Quoted Post
It has that same look about it as my 1920s shooting prize badge I found. How old is it do you know?


Well Tonznz as the post title says hallmarked 1909. :-) :-)
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Posted : Saturday, 13 October 2012 10:29:25 AM(UTC)
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That's a beaut looking piece mk! Well done nice find-and deep too
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Saturday, 13 October 2012 10:48:25 PM(UTC)
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If I had found both buckle pieces then they would have looked something like this.

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Metal Mikey  
Posted : Sunday, 14 October 2012 10:38:53 PM(UTC)
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I think the most common people to use these buckles in NZ were nurses. I have a couple of these in my wifes possesions.

Cheers Mike.
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Posted : Monday, 15 October 2012 4:22:31 AM(UTC)
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Yeah, she told me you were into nurses uniforms Mike.



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