WHAT IS IT?

[Ed Baker]

Front and back pic .

 

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[bigfoot1]

what material is it made from?Looks like a tortoise/turtle shell representation to me.

 

[roygpa]

Looks like an Oreo to me.

-Roy

 

[Ed Baker]

Pretty sure its copper

 

[intimer]

could it be a button with the back gone.
does the top picture have a "fold over" around the edges that would hold the back?
is it rather thin?
is it pressed from one side and raised on the other?

mike w.

 

[Ed Baker]

Yes its pressed and its very thin and it does have folded edges

 

[Shawn1972]

Im going with intimer's assumption