Mystery items

Submitted by bob on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 20:05

Hello all,

Along with the Japanese dog tag pictured below, I also dug up two more items.  All found in the hills below Jardine's Lookout, Wong Nai Chong area.  Can anyone enlighten me as to what they are/what they were used for.  Thank you.

Japanese dog tag
Japanese dog tag, by bob
mystery object
mystery object, by bob
mystery object 2 side 1
mystery object 2 side 1, by bob
mystery object side 2
mystery object side 2, by bob

 

 

 

All three items were found on Jardines lookout but not together,The spoon on a chain is curved at the flat end for scooping,Im thinking it was part of a condiment dispenser and was used for scattering salt on food.Was found just off the main road near Parkview along with buttons bullets and and a live mortar round from WW2! It's possible that it was discarded Japanese booty, or someone just lost it whilst having a picnic!

The metal object on the chain is chrome plated brass, not hollow.The other object is flat on one side as if it slides under something,maybe a hair / lapelle pin ?. Cheers.

Bob

This resembles a part of a hair tie back. My aunts had similar to these and held in place a decorative plate/saddle. The plate had a hole at each end, the stick passed thru the first hole and under the hair then up thru the second hole.

Purely a guess on my part but think the two items are a letter opener and a coin. In connection with the latter, I have a 1939 1 ANNA indian coin bearing the head of George VI King emperor with twelve 'lumpy' sides measuring 20mm across. Have also got a few six and eight sided british colonial coins of that vintage.

Bob

Item on the left is definitely a hair accessory. I have a few of them which I sent off to be auctioned, but there was no interest, so probably not worth much.

I may have misunderstood, but I just assumed the coin at the side (a HK 20c) was placed there to give the actual item some scale and wasn't needing identification itself.

Maybe I misunderstood too Phil, clarity of item on the right not the best in the two photographs so I assumed it needed identification as well, two preceeding items had either a gridded background or ruler for scale. The 1 ANNA coin I have would be about the size of a HK 20c piece but it's 'silvery' in colour, my recollection of the 20c coin was that it was brassy brown in colour so I didn't make the connection. 

The long silver mystery object in the final two pictues may have been a letter opener as already suggested;  however I wonder if it may have been used for pinning and holding the hair up?  The coin could be an Indian Anna or from Hong kong - both had coins with frilly edges like that.

Thanks to everyone for their input, Sorry for the confusion regarding the twenty cent coin,it was there for scale!. I believe object number 2 is a part of a hair clip and the other a tongue scraper. Thanks

bob