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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 559319, member: 5833&quot;]It appears that before it was as it is now, it was a more conventional sharp-pointed pin type of brooch.&nbsp; The C clasp for that pin is still there.&nbsp; It now has a catch specifically made to go with the square, patented, bar.&nbsp; I think this has been altered a final time for wear on a high collar, where the bar would have passed through holes, without the need to pierce the fabric.&nbsp; Maybe ladies were complaining of being stabbed in the throat &amp; someone invented this as a remedy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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