I know its a key but--its a very odd one- for what purpose or use ? * with 2 photos

[ivan salis]

(solved) a key but--its a very odd one- for what purpose or use ? * with 2 photos

here she is brass / or bronze (not sure which) its marked on one side - INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA (with the industria over the argentina and the number) 30 ----on the other side in an oval it says ELEBE to the righ tis the letter --R (and under it the number) -11

ITS A DUAL SIDED KEY - IT A STRANGE ONE --LOOKS TO ME LIKE MIGHT FIT IN A CIRCULAR WALL LOCK OR SAFETY DEPOST BOX MAYBE OR SOME ODD TYPE OF LARGE POWERFUL PAD LOCK MAYBE

any lock and key experts out there?

 

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Llaves Antiguas Elebe-nova-roa - Lote De 15 Llaves - Lote S - $ 25,00 en MercadoLibre

There's some similar ones for sale, but no idea what it's from.

 

[ivan salis]

Llaves Antiguas Elebe-nova-roa - Lote De 15 Llaves - Lote S - $ 25,00 en MercadoLibre

There's some similar ones for sale, but no idea what it's from.

well the link you provided says in spanish that their "antique" keys -- a lot of 15 of them== with the name industria argentina * -- theres a good chance they were made in south america ( industry argentina translated to english) but I m trying to figger out what it was used for --safety deposit box maybe ?

 

[taz42o]

Looks like safety deposit box key. Double sided square cuts.

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[DCMatt]

Watchman's clock key.



DCMatt

 

[ivan salis]

looks like taz42o nailed it *--photo from buenos aries ,argentina shows the double sided key outline -and explains whats its for -- so its a safety deposit box key from argentina * now to wonder what was in the safety deposit box - that this key fit? marking it solved.

 

[Gunrunner61]

I agree with DCMatt, I used to be a night watchman yearsssssss and years ago, Carried a clock that had key's that looked like that.........HH

 

[TerryC]

Mercadolibre is Free store (free merchant) a chain of "malls" I think in latin America. I am a student of Spanish to help with researching SW USA possible old treasure sites. (and just for personal improvement). This is good practice for me as I am ALMOST fluent in spanish and like such tasks. TTC