✅ SOLVED Looked like a button until I cleaned it.

[BFR]

I thought it was a button until I brushed the dirt off. It looks like it is hinged.

And anything I can find on it, it looks to be from the late 1800s.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

BFR

 

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[smokeythecat]

They used those as links on fashion belts in the late 19th century.

 

[nhbenz]

Some examples in this thread: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/239088-19th-century-belt-buttons-rr-related.html

 

[BFR]

Thanks You!! That would be it!!

BFR

 

[Coin Searcher]

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