✅ SOLVED Hey! I need help on an iD for a friend

[CoilyGirl]

I’m loving the way the site looks now,it’s so user friendly! So this item fits in the palm of your hand and is very soft metal.

 

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[fyrffytr1]

Can you read the lettering on it?

 

[CoilyGirl]

I think it says last and something?

 

[Gare]

Please lay a dime or quarter next to it so we can compare it's size can it be polished up a bit also a picture of the back might be of help .

 

[CoilyGirl]

It’s definitely bigger than a quarter she said, maybe half dollar size I’m guessing. There isn’t anything on the back.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Please lay a dime or quarter next to it so we can compare it's size can it be polished up a bit also a picture of the back might be of help .

I posted another picture of it.

 

[ticndig]

Made to last and always on time ? a watch part ?

 

[Fourman110]

It's really helpful to have a picture of the back and side as well as a guess on material so people can get a better idea. Pressed metal vs a casting can drive people in very different directions. That said I suspect it's from a watch fob like this. Maybe pre WWI-ish.

FIRST LAST AND ALL THE TIME WATCH FOB GUN SWORD CANTEEN BACKPACK BELIEVED GAR | eBay

It has a logo on it that reads "First, Last, And Always". It is well worn and dark.

www.ebay.com

 

[CoilyGirl]

Made to last and always on time ? a watch part ?

Could be, I will search those words later. Thank you!

 

[Red-Coat]

Welcome to Tnet.

The fob in the link Fourman110 provided (which says "FIRST LAST AND ALL THE TIME) matches yours. The seller says it’s “believed GAR” and that it “appears to be a Civil War Veterans Fob”. Maybe, but I think this also has political connections for the 1884 presidential election.

In 1884 Watkin R, Price and Will J. McCoy wrote a song called “First, Last and All the Time!” which was used as a campaign song for the election that year by supporters of the Republican James G. Blaine and his running mate John A. Logan (they lost). Blaine began his political career as an early supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort in the American Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Blaine

The lyrics for the song began:

"We hail the chief of statesmen! The Rupert of debate! The fearless Knight who led the fight for more than twenty years. From East and West and North and South the glorious music rolls. In one harmonious blending the name of Blaine extols…"

...and with a chorus (which provided the campaign slogan):

"Blaine and Logan is our cry! Blaine of Maine and Blaine and Logan, Blaine and Logan is our cry… Victory! First, last and all the time!"

 

[CoilyGirl]

Thank you so much all! Red-Coat someone on Facebook shared what he thought it might be too.