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I found this earlier in the week on a US Army post here in Germany. Was 6" down on an athletic field. I tend to think it might NOT have originated on the base but was brought in with the "fill-dirt" when the field was constructed. Dia=18.5mm, Thick=2mm and has a sturdy loop shank on the back. Appears to be copper or copper alloy. I have spent a few hours trying to translate the text to no avail. I tried Italian, German, French, Spanish, Latin, (all the usual suspects!), ad nauseum. Part of it has a Cyrillic look to it and I tried that family as well. Notice what appears to be a Maltese cross at the bottom center between the words. The letters (clockwise from the cross) are ?ETBVSDJ:CRHCRIRCK:PICTETTE:ELEGIO? The question marks are because all the other letters seem to be uppercase and these two look like a lowercase "r" and "n" respectively. Maybe a motto that begins and ends with lowercase letters? A possibility I guess.
As for the "crest", under high magnification (see link below) the letters look like "WW" to me not "VV" because of what appears to be an upward indentation in the bottom of each of the letters, but it could go either way. I am still trying to figure out what the symbols are...I even tried a "negative" image but am still puzzled. Also, notice the nice "hatching" pattern of the background.
Any help will be - as always - appreciated. By the way, I have a bet with myself that PBK will name this button in three minutes or less <HUGE smile>.
Happy Hunting to all!
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I found this earlier in the week on a US Army post here in Germany. Was 6" down on an athletic field. I tend to think it might NOT have originated on the base but was brought in with the "fill-dirt" when the field was constructed. Dia=18.5mm, Thick=2mm and has a sturdy loop shank on the back. Appears to be copper or copper alloy. I have spent a few hours trying to translate the text to no avail. I tried Italian, German, French, Spanish, Latin, (all the usual suspects!), ad nauseum. Part of it has a Cyrillic look to it and I tried that family as well. Notice what appears to be a Maltese cross at the bottom center between the words. The letters (clockwise from the cross) are ?ETBVSDJ:CRHCRIRCK:PICTETTE:ELEGIO? The question marks are because all the other letters seem to be uppercase and these two look like a lowercase "r" and "n" respectively. Maybe a motto that begins and ends with lowercase letters? A possibility I guess.
As for the "crest", under high magnification (see link below) the letters look like "WW" to me not "VV" because of what appears to be an upward indentation in the bottom of each of the letters, but it could go either way. I am still trying to figure out what the symbols are...I even tried a "negative" image but am still puzzled. Also, notice the nice "hatching" pattern of the background.
Any help will be - as always - appreciated. By the way, I have a bet with myself that PBK will name this button in three minutes or less <HUGE smile>.
Happy Hunting to all!
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