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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1090
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1090
- Description
- A hand-forged piton pounded down and flattened at one end creating a tapered blade or knife, and at the raised end, a hole to fit a ring (missing) through. It was painted red at the raised end but has mostly flaked off. “10” is stamped on one side and “CASSIN” within a partial oval on the other.
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 9.8 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged piton pounded down and flattened at one end creating a tapered blade or knife, and at the raised end, a hole to fit a ring (missing) through. It was painted red at the raised end but has mostly flaked off. “10” is stamped on one side and “CASSIN” within a partial oval on the other.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- mountaineering
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1090
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1047 a-d
- Description
- Various shaped blades (a) 8.2x2.7x2.8, blade off to the side (b) 7.8x4.0x1.8, blade centered, tip turned down, "3" stamped on blade (c) 8.3x3.7x2.3, blade centered, "50"stamped on blade (d) 9.0x4.0x1.2, blade centered. "8" stamped on blade.
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Various shaped blades (a) 8.2x2.7x2.8, blade off to the side (b) 7.8x4.0x1.8, blade centered, tip turned down, "3" stamped on blade (c) 8.3x3.7x2.3, blade centered, "50"stamped on blade (d) 9.0x4.0x1.2, blade centered. "8" stamped on blade.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Chic Scott
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1047 a-d
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Climbing Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1157
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1157
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’, an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there are two holes on the wider, thicker end for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “H G”.
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.1 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’, an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there are two holes on the wider, thicker end for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “H G”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1157
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Climbing Piton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact108.04.1158
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1158
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’ an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there is a hole on the wider, thicker end, for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “G”. Only a remnant of what was most likely an “H”…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 3.60 x 3.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-forged, thin-blade piton for micro cracks called a ‘RURP’ an acronym for Realized Ultimate Reality Piton. The tapered blade is short and fine on the end; there is a hole on the wider, thicker end, for rings. Engraved with “LONGWARE” and also “G”. Only a remnant of what was most likely an “H” is discernible.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1158
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- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1159 a-d
- Description
- A carabiner with three pitons hanging from it:(a) an aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” in raised block lettering,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, on the other “BREVETTE S G D G”.(b) a met…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with three pitons hanging from it:(a) an aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” in raised block lettering,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, on the other “BREVETTE S G D G”.(b) a metal piton (14.5x3.3cm wide) with the blade, instead of being flat, is positioned slightly sideways; engraved in script on the ‘handle’ portion “Charlet Moser” in block letters “CHAMONIX” . There is a white shop label glued on one side of the blade, in blue lettering “3 7 Premier Cycle & Sports 110 F”.(c) a trowel-shaped vertical piton (11.5x3.0cm), thin flat blade and high raised ‘handle’. This type of knife or blade was very popular in the Rockies. Commonly called the ‘Ace of Spades’. Raised “0” on the blade and “R. CASSIN” on viewer’s right and “ITALY” on the other. an “0” on the top part of the blade. Remnants of a piece of tape “1/74” indiscernable.(d) a hand-forged horizontal piton with a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. ‘LOST”, the diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1159 a-d
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- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1161 a-c
- Description
- A carabiner with two pitons attached:(a) a thick, soft iron D-ring carabiner (10.3x6.7cm wide) with a hinged gate, but no safety bar. Stencilled in “H G”, followed by engraved “CASSIN” surrounded by part oval logo.(b) a horizontal piton (16.5cmx4.0cm wide) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade a…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- 1960
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with two pitons attached:(a) a thick, soft iron D-ring carabiner (10.3x6.7cm wide) with a hinged gate, but no safety bar. Stencilled in “H G”, followed by engraved “CASSIN” surrounded by part oval logo.(b) a horizontal piton (16.5cmx4.0cm wide) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. Engraved on the handle “AUSTRIA STUBAI”. A yellow sales label with black printing “BAROTTO CALGARY “$1.10 EA”. Hand printed in green ink “VERTICAL”.(c) a vertical piton (16.5x3.8cm wide) made out of soft iron, with flat blade and handle, engraved “MADE IN AUSTRIA STUBAI” remnants of a shop’s yellow sales label with black lettering “BAROTTO CALGAR” with the Y partially missing.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1161 a-c
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1162 a-f
- Description
- A carabiner with five pitons hanging from it:(a) a light aluminum oval-shaped carabiner (10.0cx5.0cm wide) with a spring-lock gate mechanism and a safety bar. On one side engraved “SKI HUT” on the other “H G”. Ski Hut was a Berkley CA. sports company.(b) a malleable metal vertical piton (9.70x3.30c…
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with five pitons hanging from it:(a) a light aluminum oval-shaped carabiner (10.0cx5.0cm wide) with a spring-lock gate mechanism and a safety bar. On one side engraved “SKI HUT” on the other “H G”. Ski Hut was a Berkley CA. sports company.(b) a malleable metal vertical piton (9.70x3.30cm wide) made out of soft iron, with flat blade and handle, engraved “TOP” on one side of the handle “H G” on the other side. It appears to hand-forged European.(c) a malleable metal vertical piton (9.50x3.50cm) made out of soft iron, with flat blade and handle, engraved “TOP” on one side of the handle “H G” on the other side. It appears to be hand-forged European.(d) a high-quality steel, chromalloy horizontal piton (11.70x 2.0cm wide 3.0cm high) a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. “LOST”, Yvon Chouinard’s early diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.(e) a malleable metal horizontal piton (11.0x2.0cm widex3.0 high) made out of soft iron, with a flat blade and handle, engraved “LONGWARE” on one side of the handle “T T” on the other side. It appears to hand-forged. (f) a horizontal metal piton (12.0x3.3cm wide) with the blade, instead of being flat, is positioned slightly sideways; engraved in script on the ‘handle’ portion “Charlet Moser” in block letters “CHAMONIX” . There is a white shop label glued on one side of the blade, in blue lettering “3 7 Premier Cycle & Sports 110 F”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1162 a-f
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1163 a-f
- Description
- A carabiner with five pitons hanging from it:(a) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then in raised block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G” ,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” on the opposite …
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- Title
- Climbing Piton
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A carabiner with five pitons hanging from it:(a) a D-ring aluminum carabiner (10.5X5.0cm wide) with non-locking gate mechanism on the gate; on one side engraved “H” and then in raised block lettering “BREVETTE S G D G” ,“G”, on opposite side in raised lettering, “P. ALLAIN 1600 Kg” on the opposite side.(b) a hand-forged, soft metal horizontal piton (13.5x1.10cm widex3.8cm high) pounded down and flattened at one end creating a tapered blade or knife, and at the raised end, handle, a hole to fit a carabiner through. “LONGWEAR” stamped on the handle.(c) a hand-forged piton, (12.0x1.5cm widex3.7cm high) pounded down and flattened at one end creating a tapered blade or knife, and at the raised end, handle, a hole to fit a carabiner through.(d) a high-quality steel, chromalloy horizontal piton (9.0x1.7cm widex3.0cm high) a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. ‘LOST”, Yvon Chouinard’s early diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.(e) a high-quality steel, Chromally horizontal piton (9.0x2.0cm widex3.0cm high) a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. ‘LOST”, Yvon Chouinard’s early diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.(f) a high-quality steel, chromalloy, horizontal piton (12.0x2.0cm widex3.0cm high) a flat blade at one end and raised ‘handle’ at the other with a round hole to put a carabiner through. “LOST”, Yvon Chouinard’s early diamond-shaped logo, “ARROW”.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1163 a-f
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1122
- Description
- Metal crampons with six points, olive green fabric straps with metal buckles. One crampon has “4B” and “B3” stamped on it, along with manufacturer’s marks: “A. PUPFAUF. WERNZEUGSCHMIED. FINSIEDELN. SCHWEIZ.” & “PRIMA”.
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- Title
- Ice Crampons
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 12.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Metal crampons with six points, olive green fabric straps with metal buckles. One crampon has “4B” and “B3” stamped on it, along with manufacturer’s marks: “A. PUPFAUF. WERNZEUGSCHMIED. FINSIEDELN. SCHWEIZ.” & “PRIMA”.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1122
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; fibre; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1121 a,b
- Description
- Metal crampons with eight points, soldered in several places. Olive green fabric straps with leather tabs and metal buckles. One crampon stamped “3 BREIZ.”
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- Title
- Ice Crampons
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- metal; fibre; skin
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 12.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Metal crampons with eight points, soldered in several places. Olive green fabric straps with leather tabs and metal buckles. One crampon stamped “3 BREIZ.”
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Feuz, Salmon Arm, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.1121 a,b
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Membership Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1215
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1215
- Description
- An oval-shaped silver metal pin with an enamel circle, halfway down, containing a white cross edged with silver on a red background; the circle is surrounded by a silver coiled rope. On top of the circle is a wreathed ibex reaching almost to the top of pin; on the left side of the ibex head is the …
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 5 x 4.8 cm
- Description
- An oval-shaped silver metal pin with an enamel circle, halfway down, containing a white cross edged with silver on a red background; the circle is surrounded by a silver coiled rope. On top of the circle is a wreathed ibex reaching almost to the top of pin; on the left side of the ibex head is the word and lettering, “DIPLOM” and on the right side “FUHRER” with “SBV” on the bottom. Two climbing axes are crossed, the middle part hidden by the enamel circle; on the left of the enamel circle is the top of one climbing axe, two coils of climbing ropes, a water bottle, the bottom point of the crossed axe and loops of coiled ropes. It’s the same on the right hand side except it’s a large blade axe head instead of the water bottle. On the back there are two metal looped horizontal pins attached with a simple bent-wire locking system. The pins are attached to the oval base underneath a soldered metal circle stamped with “Huguenin & Freres and Co.” and under this “Le Locle”.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1215
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Membership Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1216
- Date
- 1992
- Material
- metal; enamel; plastic coating
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1216
- Description
- Circular metal and enamel pin with the inner circle containing a stylized mountain on the top-third of a segmented globe on a blue enamel background, Above the circle are the letters “UIAGM” and below “IVBV”. The outer ring of the circular pin has these words printed on it “GUIDE DE MONTAGNES GUIDA…
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- 1992
- Material
- metal; enamel; plastic coating
- Dimensions
- 2.75 cm
- Description
- Circular metal and enamel pin with the inner circle containing a stylized mountain on the top-third of a segmented globe on a blue enamel background, Above the circle are the letters “UIAGM” and below “IVBV”. The outer ring of the circular pin has these words printed on it “GUIDE DE MONTAGNES GUIDA BERGFUHRER”. The front of the pin is coated with clear plastic, presumably for protection from the elements as it must be worn when guiding. The back of the pin has two horizontal hinged pins on two separate pin sets with a swivel-locking safety catch for each of the pins. In between the pin sets is a rectangular box with the letter “K” on top and then “KOFEL-BZ”.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1216
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Membership Pin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.1217
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1217
- Description
- A circular Alpine Club Mountain Guide pin with a forest-green, enamel maple leaf centred on the pin face, edged in silver and with the letters “ACMG” in silver. The outer rim of the pin is a coiled climbing rope encircling it three times; at the bottom is a red enamel curved bar edged in silver wit…
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- 1963
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 37/8 cm
- Description
- A circular Alpine Club Mountain Guide pin with a forest-green, enamel maple leaf centred on the pin face, edged in silver and with the letters “ACMG” in silver. The outer rim of the pin is a coiled climbing rope encircling it three times; at the bottom is a red enamel curved bar edged in silver with “MOUNTAIN” on top and “GUIDE” below in silver. The stylized cut-out maple leaf has a flat one-dimensional pair of skis crossed with an ice axe underneath. Both extend onto the coiled rope rim. Stamped on the back of the pin at the centre and under the pin set is the number “27” and something indecipherable beneath. There is one horizontal long-hinged pin soldered on the back that is rivetted at one end and fastens at the other end (bottom) with a swivel-locking safety clasp.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1217
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Membership Pin
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- Date
- c. 1980
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1218
- Description
- A circular metal ACMG pin with their familiar logo of the maple leaf, on top of crossed skis and climbing axe. The maple leaf sits on three coils of climbing rope that surround the logo (three-quarters of the circumference). On the outside rim (left-hand side) starting at the extended end of the ic…
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- c. 1980
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2 7/8 cm
- Description
- A circular metal ACMG pin with their familiar logo of the maple leaf, on top of crossed skis and climbing axe. The maple leaf sits on three coils of climbing rope that surround the logo (three-quarters of the circumference). On the outside rim (left-hand side) starting at the extended end of the ice axe and the beginning of the coiled rope are the words “ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN MOUNTAIN GUIDES” ending at the bottom of skis (right-hand side) and coiled rope; printed on the bottom “MOUNTAIN” and underneath “GUIDE”. On the reverse side at the top there is spike soldered onto the badge with a tie-tack style (spike and clutch closure attachment) pin closure and below that the words “HUGUENIN” and then “SWITZERLAND” underneath.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1218
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Membership Pin
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1220
- Description
- A Canadian Ski Alliance Association pin; it is rust/red, with black flecks, maple leaf-shaped enamel pin outlined with silver. The centre of the badge has an S-shaped design, could be ski tracks, soldered onto the pin face and the number “25” in silver embossed on the lower part of the S. It may si…
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 2.5 cm
- Description
- A Canadian Ski Alliance Association pin; it is rust/red, with black flecks, maple leaf-shaped enamel pin outlined with silver. The centre of the badge has an S-shaped design, could be ski tracks, soldered onto the pin face and the number “25” in silver embossed on the lower part of the S. It may signify the 25th anniversary of the Ski Alliance. The silver back has a horizontal hinged pin set with a swivel-locking safety catch soldered onto the widest part of the top-half of the maple-leaf shape.
- Subject
- mountains
- climbing
- guiding
- Hans Gmoser
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1220
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- Date
- c. 1980
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1219 a,b
- Description
- Two identical mountain guide pins except one is smaller. The smaller one measures 1 7/8 c. in diameter and is 1 cm. high. The circular pins have a centred stylized maple leaf in silver with a red outline and black lettering “ACMG” in the middle. The maple leaf sits on top of a crossed ice axe (lhs)…
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- Title
- Membership Pin
- Date
- c. 1980
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 3 cm
- Description
- Two identical mountain guide pins except one is smaller. The smaller one measures 1 7/8 c. in diameter and is 1 cm. high. The circular pins have a centred stylized maple leaf in silver with a red outline and black lettering “ACMG” in the middle. The maple leaf sits on top of a crossed ice axe (lhs) and (rhs) a crossed pair of ski tips. The top and bottom of the skis and ice axe meet a coiled rope wound around three times on the outside rim of the pin, on top of which “ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN MOUNTAIN GUIDES” is printed. The larger pin (a) has a horizontal hinged pin soldered to the top of the back side. This pin has a swivel-locking safety catch. The back of the smaller pin (b) has a tie-tack style clutch closure attachment.
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1219 a,b
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