Hairclip?

[NadiG]

Is this some kind of "fashionaccessorie"? It is made of iron.

 

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[desertexplorer]

It almost looks like conveyor/flat belt lacing but without a size reference it’s hard to know.

 

[NadiG]

here it is beside a common Danish coin to comparising. Also I measured it to be 3 cm long, and 2,5 in diameters.

 

[Tony in SC]

Yes, a small piece of flat belt lacing/connector. That type is called alligator lacing.

It almost looks like conveyor/flat belt lacing but without a size reference it’s hard to know.

 

[NadiG]

Thank you for the answers! So I guess it is not that old?

 

[Tony in SC]

I think that type connector appeared in the early 1800's.

 

[desertexplorer]

Flat belt or conveyor belt lacing has been around since the 1800’s and is still in use today. Your style with the staggered hooks is probably Clipper but there were different company’s making it like Armstrong and Alligator. We use mostly Alligator on our ranch for our flat belts. It’s also used extensively in the mining industry. Hard to put an age on your find find but being thin iron it’s hard to imagine it being much older then the 1920’s or 30’s or it may have rusted away in a wet environment.