Greetings all. This piece was sent to me for evaluation by a fellow forum member. It was described to me as the smallest EK Spange the gentleman had ever seen. Thus, I was expecting to open the envelope and find a prinzen Spange or something like that. However, this is what was enclosed and it is out of my collecting area. My initial thoughts on this are that it is the top of a broken stick pin or a device for attachment to a ribbon bar. If it is a ribbon bar device, I do not understand the presence of the stem as all of the devices I have ever encountered have been glued on. Though I am leaning toward stick pin, I wanted to get some other opinions before I tell the gentleman what I think it is.
Here are a couple of pics to give you an idea what scale I am looking at. Close-ups will follow.
Here are a couple of pics to give you an idea what scale I am looking at. Close-ups will follow.
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