American Airlines - old thinga ma bob?

[coinshooter]

Trying to find out what this is and or what it might have been
used for. It says American Airlines on the side.
Looks like it may have attached to one of those beaded chains at one time.
Anyone know for sure what it is?

 

[AU24K]

Cargo bag seal?

Scott

 

[jeff of pa]

whats odd is the Letters look
Singularly hand punched.
Not machine made.

Either it's real early
or somones personal made item.

 

[DCMatt]

Maybe some kind of tamper evident seal for a food cart? Here's a pic of a modern plastic one:

DCMatt

 

[coinshooter]

All good guesses, but I'm not sure any hit the mark.
I suspect this is from the 30-40's which would make tamper evident things
not really a necessity. Nobody cared about this stuff before 9/11 (except maybe on a mailbag).
I was thinking it may have been something that would attach to your luggage for some reason.
Maybe I should ask Mark Parker!!

 

[jeff of pa]

All good guesses, but I'm not sure any hit the mark.
I suspect this is from the 30-40's which would make tamper evident things
not really a necessity. Nobody cared about this stuff before 9/11 (except maybe on a mailbag).
I was thinking it may have been something that would attach to your luggage for some reason.
Maybe I should ask Mark Parker!!

it reminds me of a key fob,
or luggage tag actually.

but is odd

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres a salt shaker with similar markings.

 

[coinshooter]

AU, that makes sense (cargo bag seal). Still, would like to see some proof somewhere though.
I need to look futher into this one.
Any idea on how old that salt shaker is?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Any idea on how old that salt shaker is?

Sorry I lost the link but it didnt say much.

 

[JRich98150]

Great! There's a plane flying somewhere with a missing a key component. Can't wait till my next flight.


JRich