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vinnyfx

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Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« on: September 11, 2012, 11:06:01 am »
I found this thing in my Grandpa garage. I have no idea what the hell this thing is. Does anyone know?

This was on the cover on the little tin container.


This is the item I want to know what it is.


The first picture was on the cover on the tin, but it came off very easily and this was under it.
« Last Edit: September 11, 2012, 11:47:02 am by vinnyfx »

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2012, 11:57:51 am »
isn`t that triangle symbol the same as on a one dollar note??  or similar anyway ??

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2012, 12:06:53 pm »
isn`t that triangle symbol the same as on a one dollar note??  or similar anyway ??

Kind of, the dollar just has the triangle with an eye in the middle. In this one the eye is different, and then there are those three symbols.

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2012, 12:11:16 pm »
cross, an anchor and a fish !!  was your grandpa in  WWII ??

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2012, 12:18:59 pm »
IS it a print plate?  Can't tell if there is any depth....  Looks very much like the all-seeing eye.
The free masons also used the eye.  Masonic?

Was your grandfather a Mason?
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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2012, 12:20:00 pm »
cross, an anchor and a fish !!  was your grandpa in  WWII ??

Not that I am aware off. My family only tells me that he was in the Korean War. He could off, I think he was born in the Mid 1920's or the 1930's.

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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2012, 12:23:17 pm »
forgot about that KC !!  if engraved could be a seal !!

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2012, 12:25:01 pm »
IS it a print plate?  Can't tell if there is any depth....  Looks very much like the all-seeing eye.
The free masons also used the eye.  Masonic?

Was your grandfather a Mason?


Yes it's a printed plate that is nailed onto a piece of wood. I'm not sure what you mean by depth, but if you mean like small carvings. Then yes there are, and I have no Idea. He died when I was five.

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2012, 12:33:52 pm »
The words are Italian~  
     sezione cattoli translates to Catholic Section
     sezione maschile translates to Men's section
     C S Cuor translated to S Heart
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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2012, 12:40:19 pm »
Yeah it's engraved, but what could it be a seal too? haha and yeah that's really all I could figure out about it when i was trying to figure out what it is.

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2012, 01:08:03 pm »
[/url]http://symboldictionary.net/?p=2644[/img]

I would suggest you post it on this forum!  You might get some answers here on the catholic - fish eaters forum!
http://catholicforum.fisheaters.com/
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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2012, 01:10:07 pm »
[/url]http://symboldictionary.net/?p=2644[/img]

I would suggest you post it on this forum!  You might get some answers here on the catholic - fish eaters forum!
http://catholicforum.fisheaters.com/
thank you i will definitely try there.

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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2012, 01:12:38 pm »
Please come back and let us know if you find out anything.  I do believe it is historical....
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Re: Can someone help me figure out what this is?
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2012, 01:16:11 pm »
Please come back and let us know if you find out anything.  I do believe it is historical....
I definitely will!