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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barbara W. Preston, post: 2013643, member: 13943&quot;]A friend of mine told me that when he was in the service in Korea, which was much later than this brooch of course, that the Koreans rounded up the spent brass shells and made items like this to sell to the GI&#039;s.&nbsp; Could this have been done in Europe, too, during one of the earlier skirmishes in those countries. Or did they have plenty of material already mined in those countries? Also, does anyone else see in an enlargement of the back what looks to me to be a ribbon-like marking from just above the hook that curves down and toward the center of the pin?&nbsp; Also it looks to me as if there are 2 &quot;NN&quot;s almost in the center of the area just above the center of the pin. i am new at identifying antique items and I sometimes find myself looking too hard!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie70" alt=":peeking:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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