mystery piece found in germany today

[Lance15t]

its about 2.5-3 inches long. any help would be greatly appreciated. it was found in the forest near ansbach

 

[littleneckhalfshell]

metal guess? is it slightly curved? do the ends seem to be clean, cast, machined or broken? Three bumps on one or both edges?
and lastly, other than the length you gave, what are it's other dimensions? some things have tell tale dimensions, an example would be something to do with printing Type: Type High = As high as the standard height of type, measured from the face to the foot, 23.3 millimeters (0.9186inch), so if your item was that size from the base to the 3 bumps (if only on one side) I might suspect that it had something to do with Printing. There are things other than bullets and cannon balls where SIZE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ;-)

 

[Lance15t]

Seems to be copper. It is curved. The notches are on both sides. It's roughly 1.5 inches wide. Seems somewhat hollow with clasps on the end like you would see on military uniform decorations and/or a pin. There are no signs of a clip or pin that could have attached it to anything

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Stripper clip for a Mauser rifle, probably a K-98

 

[Lance15t]

Thank u so much. That's pretty awesome. First one of those

 

[BosnMate]

Good eye NOLA.