pleeze help

[GrowlNchirp]

i believe its brass. It has a slot on the inside of each let so i believe it slid on to something. Any help in iding would be appreciated

 

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[Retired Sarge]

I feel I should know this and/or seen it before, but I'm drawing a blank. Based on the orientation of the stars I think it's inverted.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I don't think it's brass, it's more likely to be pot metal that's been chrome or nickel plated.
Kind of reminds me of an appliance manufacturers logo, maybe from a fridge or a washing machine from the 1930s - 40s.

"Pot metal (or monkey metal) is an alloy of low-melting point metals that manufacturers use to make fast, inexpensive castings. The term "pot metal" came about due to the practice at automobile factories in the early 20th century of gathering up non-ferrous metal scraps from the manufacturing processes and melting them in one pot to form into cast products. A small amount of iron usually made it into the castings, but too much iron raised the melting point, so it was minimized. There is no metallurgical standard for pot metal. Common metals in pot metal include zinc, lead, copper, tin, magnesium, aluminum, iron, and cadmium. The primary advantage of pot metal is that it is quick and easy to cast. Because of its low melting temperature, it requires no sophisticated foundry equipment or specialized molds. Manufacturers sometimes use it to experiment with molds and ideas before casting final products in a higher quality alloy. The primary component of pot metal is zinc, but often the caster adds other metals to the mix to strengthen the cast part, improve flow of the molten metal, or to reduce cost. With a low melting point of 420 °C (786 °F), zinc is often alloyed with other metals including lead, tin, aluminum, and copper."

Pot metal is generally used for parts that are not subject to high stresses or torque. Items created from pot metal include toys, furniture fittings, tool parts, electronics components, automotive parts, inexpensive jewelry and improvised weaponry. Pot metal was commonly used to manufacture gramophone parts in the late 1920s and 1930s."

Dave

 

[GrowlNchirp]

thank you for the info Dave

 

[Red-Coat]

I'm going to make a guess that this has detached from some kind of electrical appliance (maybe of a domestic nature) and from a company whose name begins with a 'V'. What I see is a stylised letter V with the two jagged arms intended to be symbolic of electrical current or energy.

Does that ring any bells for anyone?

A US trademark database search didn't yield anything promising.

 

[Gene Mean]

There's a V-star emblem from Yamaha but it's a more recent product.
I'll keep searching

 

[Red-Coat]

Just to be sure, I refined the trademark search parameters to include a 'single five-pointed star' rather than 'two or more five-pointed stars'. The only similar mark was for a business consultancy, registered by Jeffrey W Pettigrew of Port Orchard Washington a few years ago. For sure, it isn’t related but it was the only thing close:

 

[Gene Mean]

Show a pic of the back