Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

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Paul van Heerden

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Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 02:23 PM
Hi all

A few weeks ago, Jonty found these items in the Botanical gardens. Please could those experts out there help me to ID them. One is a military button, the other looks like a belt buckle type thing, and I think the third is a tag from a plant (but I am not sure).
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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 02:25 PM
He also found a nice St Christopher
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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 07:43 PM
Very cool finds.....the crown on the button and the square thingy in the in the first pic are from Queen Victoria's Reign...so probably 2nd Boer war...
Where is that five Shilling???

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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 08:22 PM
That st Christopher may well be made from silver, it has that pink purple patina to it..
Where is that five Shilling???

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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 08:27 PM
That st Christopher may well be made from silver, it has that pink purple patina to it..
No, it is definitely brass or something like it. I am not sure why it looks a little silver, but I think it is because I tried to clean it there a lot to read the writing
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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 10:43 PM
Nursery rose tag ?
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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 23, 2015, 11:23 PM
Nursery rose tag ?

I thought it was a plant tag,  due to it being in the Botanical Gardens, but when I did a quick google I didn't find it. I obviously didn't google enough. Thanks so much
Paul

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Re: Please help ID these finds by son-in-law

  • on: November 24, 2015, 05:08 AM
Button seems to be a British General Service Button. Nice finds and well done.

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