Broken Things

[Lost Signal]

My drought continues, but I did find a broken button, that probably would have been one of my favorite civilian buttons.

My other broken find was this brass plate, that I first thought was a gun adornment, but I can't make sense of the two notches. When I go home, I remembered that I had found one very similar, that had a maker's mark (also pictured below). This new looks like it may have had a mark in the same location, so I'm curious.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for looking.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Keep at it, your digging old relics, so the goodies are there somewhere!

 

[creskol]

looks like half of an old butterfly hinge

 

[Lost Signal]

looks like half of an old butterfly hinge

Thanks, Creskol! That could be it, for sure. I would expect to see two more fastener holes in the more complete piece, but they could have been just beyond, where it broke off.

 

[Calabash Digger]

Your n the right area !