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Old 29-07-22, 01:44 PM
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Default ID please for this suspender thingy.

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Can anyone tell me what this brass pin brooch suspender was used for please?
It will be available if identified & not wanted by me.

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Old 29-07-22, 10:29 PM
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Hello David,

I think you will find they are suspension devices used during medal presentation ceremonies. The medal is attached to the device and then it is slipped into a button hole or breast pocket etc.

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Old 30-07-22, 04:57 AM
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Dennis, Very interesting and something new to me. Thanks for sharing. Now I understand why it looks so easy when they pin medals on!

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Old 30-07-22, 06:44 AM
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Hi,

Can anyone tell me what this brass pin brooch suspender was used for please?
It will be available if identified & not wanted by me.

Thanks,

David.
Hi, I think you will find it’s a fitting for hanging curtains, before track was invented.
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Old 30-07-22, 08:13 AM
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Hi, I think you will find it’s a fitting for hanging curtains, before track was invented.
I think you could be right.

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Old 30-07-22, 11:44 AM
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Thanks everyone for your answers. I can't quite work out how it could be used as a curtain hanger but I could see it being used to hang a medal or maybe a masonic jewel.

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Old 30-07-22, 11:49 AM
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Hi David, I think the pin part goes into the curtain, and the hook went into an eyelet that had a small wheel on it.
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Old 30-07-22, 11:55 AM
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Just tried it out on a suit jacket, seems to work well.

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Hi David, I think the pin part goes into the curtain, and the hook went into an eyelet that had a small wheel on it.
Some were used with curtain pole/rod and hook went through ring.

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Old 30-07-22, 01:29 PM
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Just tried it out on a suit jacket, seems to work well.

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Doesn't look very secure , I have seen similar pins with small chain attached that were used as a 'safety' device on brooches etc. , if the pin on the brooch snapped the brooch would not be lost.

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Old 30-07-22, 01:51 PM
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It's a curtain hanger, my nan had them, just like that, in a box under her sewing machine.
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Old 30-07-22, 04:24 PM
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Ok thanks everyone, I give in, if it walks like a curtain hanger & talks like a curtain hanger, then it's a curtain hanger.

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Old 31-07-22, 01:42 AM
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Hi, I think you will find it’s a fitting for hanging curtains, before track was invented.
Hi

A man who runs an antique shop once gave me a whole packet of these in a rare fit of generousity and told me that they were for curtains.

One or two have been used to fix a unusual on war service badge so they do have a use after all!
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