help id this star

[timataeo]

My friend found this in a field in ne indiana. It seems to be made out of tin or alum. It's about the size of a 50cent piece. The lettering I could make out is "ORA" " ARMANTRM?"
"PA?L" "SPADE" Thats what is on the front. On the back you can see that there was a pin clip to hold it on. Thanks

 

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[hollowpointred]

it looks kind of like an arcade token to me. back in the day there were machines that you put a coin in and you could make custom good luck tokens like this. you could print anything on them that you wanted as long as you didnt go over a certain number of letters. i have found several. here is a picture of one of them.

 

[PBK]

It's a letter-punch machine tag or token. These machines have been around since the early 1900's, and you may have seen them at amusement parks, tourist stops, train and bus stations, etc. The customer inserts a coin and then embosses the token with his name or some other inscription. This is done one letter at a time, using a dial or pointer to select the letter and then pulling a lever to press it onto the token. Many of the token blanks or planchets had cut-outs around the center: star, four-leaf clover, etc.; others had pre-embossed solid centers.

 

[timataeo]

Thank you all very much !!!