Out-of-Town Thrift Visit = 10k Gold Service Pin

[SDIceMan]

I traveled to a neighboring town yesterday to check out a thrift I've never been to. All in all I'm not sure the 160 mile roundtrip was worth it, but I did manage to find a couple of small things.

The first and best find of the day is this marked 10K gold employee pin from what I presume is a phone company?

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The best part? Yellow tag items were $.50! Does anybody recognize the logo? I looked at hundreds of phone company pins on eBay as well as Google, with no luck.

The second find was this knife. It was in a little basket with some airline flatware. There was a knife from Air France, one from TWA, and one from United. I grabbed this one because I didn't recognize the initials. Based on the other knives in the basket, I was hoping the 'CHL' stood for 'something something Lines'; some obscure airline. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck researching it. The only prominent CHL I can find online is the Canadian Hockey League. Now I'm thinking the initials might just be somebody's personal monogram. No big loss, however. Another $.50.

 

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[Javadroid]

Congrats! Can you try posting the pin picture again? I don't think it came thru correctly. Thanks!

 

[SDIceMan]

Congrats! Can you try posting the pin picture again? I don't think it came thru correctly. Thanks!

Thank you! Sure, sorry about that. Here is (hopefully) a better picture.

 

[Javadroid]

It's not a Bell System pin, but does look like a phone. Might have a jeweler evaluate the stone -- maybe you got a ruby too!

 

[Kentuckiana Jones]

I couldn't find a match but it might have been from a telemarketing company.

 

[Beachkid23]

It's not a Bell System pin, but does look like a phone. Might have a jeweler evaluate the stone -- maybe you got a ruby too!

Is bell good? I just scrapped 3 of them. Oops.

 

[DFW_THer]

Lesbian, Gay and Bi, Inc? Didn't know they made pins.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Lesbian, Gay and Bi, Inc? Didn't know they made pins.

The first thing my mind saw was LGBTQ - K. They will coin something for the K shortly.

 

[Kickitin]

Beachkid, can I ask what you got for your 3 pins? Just found these 2 today, my first service pins, thanks to this forum!

Does anyone know wha tte BRA membership one is for?

Thanks,

Kris

 

[SDIceMan]

Really cool finds kickitin! It seems like the smaller pin is also railway related. From what I can find on Google, the BRAC stands for the Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks - initials 'BRA' within the logo and the "C" is the black rim. The pin is pre-1987 because according to Wikipedia, in 1987, after absorbing members from a half dozen other unions that merged with BRAC, the organization adopted its current name; The Transportation Communications International Union or TCU.

 

[Kickitin]

Thanks, The " C" was throwing me off. Great info!!

BTW, got these for $5 for both. Hope I can get a decent profit