Possible Button???

[Cantstopdigging]

Hello Forum,

Could anyone help me to identify this copper item (button maybe) with what might be aerobic symbols on it.

 

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[Cantstopdigging]

Back side view...

 

[HuntinDog]

I think it is the head off of a wax seal.
Stamp it on some wax and you should be able to read it better.

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Thanks HuntinDog!

I was thinking of this too. Maybe Hebrew. I noticed that there were four marks on the inside back almost as if there was a square stock dowel that was inserted into it.

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Okay forum, I had a friend look at this item and he told me that it is not Hebrew. He didn't think it was Arabic either.

 

[HuntinDog]

Cantstop,
If you can press it into some clay or something similar you should be able to read it.
Try rotating it 90 degrees at a time.
I think it is initials in Old English Script, but I could be wrong on that.
I can't tell from your picture.

 

[Carolina Tom]

We need a better pic of the face of the object, so as to determine what is on it. That will ID the piece.

It looks like a name plate off of a tool (hand saw), but all of the ones I am familiar with, are attached by a screw that threads into the post on the back. Your post is not threaded though. Huh.

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Okay, I hope these help. Note the back side has four lines that were scored as if a square stock dowel was driven into this.

 

[rick67]

I'm guessing just a leather rivet with design.

 

[ucvrelics.com]

Its Chinese. Ill let you locate it as looking at them give me a headache.

 

[Dug]

If you will follow the earlier suggestions of pressing it on wax or clay, then post a pic of the result, I will ask my wife if she can translate it. She is from Taiwan, so she will be versed in Mandarin.

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Thanks everyone! I will post pictures soon of the result.

 

[Cantstopdigging]

Ok, here it is!

 

[Dug]

Sorry it took so long to get back. My wife cannot read this even after I expanded it and rotated it several times. Sorry.