Solved...I have no clue - ?

[TheRingFinder]

Please give me your thoughts........

 

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[ARC]

Its a catch of some sort...
Like a lock... but no keyhole. ? ? ?

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Maybe like an old hand buzzer the joke thing?

 

[TheRingFinder]

Really wondering what the symbol is on the front, that might shed some light on what this thing is.

 

[deepsecrets]

brass retractable key fob? Satellite company logo?

 

[tamrock]

I think it was made at Area 51 U.S.A. with help from a special team of workers they transferred from Roswell, New Mexico What's the back side of that 3 hole mounting plate look like?

 

[Subterranean]

I think you have what is left of an "Elite" brass measuring tape. The internals are missing but would have been spring wound around that center spool. Just a wild guess but the logo could be "interpreted" as Elite, which still makes tapes. Sub

 

[mojjax]

reminds me of a thermal cutoff switch for a dryer

 

[cudamark]

Looks like the cover has 4 mounting tabs. Are they the bend-over type or is there some other way it attaches? Is there more than the one opening that I can see at the bottom? Any evidence of attaching screws having been used on the three mounting holes? Anything on the back side?

 

[sutphin]

LOOKS LIKE A RUSSIAN DESIGN ON IT. VANZUTPHEN

 

[TheRingFinder]

Nothing on the back side - It was pressed together, I had to pry it open. it has a small slot on top and another on the side. Those were the 2 points that I started prying it open. I'm sure it's pre - 1950. Everything in this area has been from the late 1800's to approx. the 1940's.

 

[deepsecrets]

The logo is Eastman Kodak circa 1907 - your item is a camera case snap.

 

[ARC]

Good one Deep.

 

[tamrock]

Deep did it. That logo was sure an odd one in the position it was in.

 

[TheRingFinder]

Thanks Deep - You nailed it, I would have never guessed that.

 

[deepsecrets]

Thanks Deep - You nailed it, I would have never guessed that.

You're welcome! It wasn't easy to track this down but glad I could help out. If you don't mind, would you mark this as solved?

 

[TheRingFinder]

I guess someone else already did - SOLVED - Thanks!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I guess someone else already did - SOLVED - Thanks!!

I marked it...