🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Medallion?

[smr1000]

Hi all. Found this today. Have spent hours trying to read the few visible letters and have tried google lens. Really curious. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Retired Sarge]

Hi all. Found this today. Have spent hours trying to read the few visible letters and have tried google lens. Really curious. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

What does the back look like? Is a buckle or something?

 

[smr1000]

Thanks for looking. Nickel for size comparison. I think that it's a pin. Here's the back.

 

[Retired Sarge]

I'm leaning towards a cufflink, based on the size and the solder mark on the back. I'll see if I can find a picture of one with a man's bust on it.

Trying to figure out if the person depicted is a generic representation or someone real. At first I though it was George Washington, due to the nose and chin, but I can't decide if I see a ponytail or not.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Looks like the devil from the Underwood Deviled Ham company to me. I believe Zig Zag used something similar also. Is the last word “papers”?

 

[Mackaydon]

Zig zag was more of a straight on shot versus this image being a true profile.
Don........

 

[Mackaydon]

A clue?? These old eyes see what a coin collector would call a 'head laureate'; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath; a person who has been honored for great achievement--like a Nobel Prize winner.
Don in SoCal