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stange find

Looks like you've found a wearable Rorschach test.
 
Looks to me like a "jack-o-lantern" pumpkin face. The notches top and bottom almost look like a military "dog tag" notched to place between the teeth of a dead soldier for identification purposes.
 
The military dog tags from World War II up to and through Viet Nam had notches top and bottom that would fit between the upper center teeth and the lower center teeth of a dead soldier, and the mouth would be forced closed, they were then used for body identification. The face on your find looks like a halloween pumpkin face.
 
I've heard that and other stories, too, but the truth is that the notch in the old dog tags were there to aid in alignment of the tag in the imprinting machine.

-Tioga
 
Beg to respectfully disagree Tioga.....over 58,000 deceased soldier's remains were sent back from Nam with the notches between their teeth. I know I was there.
 
Sorry Chuck, I should have been more clear. Not disputing that the notches were used in the manner you describe, but it isn't what they were manufactured for.

Anybody that's been in the military knows that soldiers find pretty ingenius methods of using things for other than what they were intended for.

Cheers! :buds:

- Tioga :usaa:
 
I don't want to start anything Chuck but you have the wrong information. I was there to and I never saw the notched dogtags used in the way you describe. My best friend worked in Graves registration over there and he also said it was never done to his knowlege. The notch was used to align the tag in the machine before it was imprinted with the servicemans information. This can be verified by going to http://www.dogtagsrus.com. Sorry Bro but those are the facts.
 
Obviously, it didn't originally have a notch as you can see it was a hole and broke, which is how it got lost. Possibly a large penny which was hammered and made into a piece of jewelry. Maybe Native American, as the defaced our coins for pleasure (to get even with the white man) and made useful jewelry from them. Just my thoughts.
Bill
 
Chuck is absolutely correct...each serviceman was issued two dog tage. I used to make up dog tags when I was in the military. The notch is to hold the dog tag in the remains of the deceased mouth and the other was used for administrative identification and notification.
The notch was to fit into the teeth
 
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I downloaded your find and enlarged it. I outlined the characters
with silver ink. My guess is two fold. (1)It could be an import tag that was on a crate. It appears to be Arabic! (2)The inscription may be a religious name hense a (madallion) I think it is pretty old and
VERY RARE. I would take it to a coin dealer you trusted and have it looked @ under a 10-power scope. Value? is always in the eye of the beholder! Exceptional find. Good-hunting.
 
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