Help me I.D this please!!

[coincorey]

Anyone know the date and worth of this? I think it's a suspender buckle.

 

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[G.I.B.]

Some kind of stocking or hose clip?

 

[Retired Fire]

Possibly could be a tarp clip. To tighten down a tarp or maybe to take up slack in a strap system. I dunno?

 

[doublet2a]

Looks like a suspender buckle and a nice one too!

Tim

 

[krism71]

We had something like that in the marines called a shirt stay. One end you hook to your shirt the other to your sock with elastic in between. It kept your shirt tucked in nicely.

 

[USMC Reaper]

Semper Fi!

 

[nhbenz]

Quite a few of these do have patent dates on them when cleaned. Of the many dates I recall seeing here they usually range from the late 1860's up through the 1890's.
Here's a similar one: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...nder-perhaps-weird-bird-need-help-please.html
BuckleBoy posted one just like yours in the link below:
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/m...uspender-clip-showroom-showem-off-here-3.html

 

[coincorey]

Awesome thanks!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Yep, nhbenz is correct. Suspender buckle, c.1870-90.