Token/tag

[WHADIFIND]

Found this tag in an old farm field. It looks to me like any of the many tags I see on here.
But, I'm not finding anything on the stamping.



About an inch and a half in diameter, probably brass.
That's a broken, large, tombac button.

The stamping looks to me as "BMSCo 6"

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

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[WHADIFIND]

Maybe a better pic after some more cleaning will help?



Hope it helps.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Ok, my last bump. I love a good mystery but, I suppose some are just not to be figured out.

Let me toss out a suggestion. Is it possible this might be associated with the
Bristol Myers Squibb Company?
The font lends itself to possibly the 1800's.

Maybe some sort of shipping tag on a box of medicines?

 

[DCMatt]

Bristol Myers Squibb Company is as good a guess as any. Initials out of context are very hard to research...

I agree the font and patina put the relic in the 19th C.

Maybe just an animal tag. What ever it was on, it was important enough to be numbered.

 

[coinman123]

Late 19th century dog licence from Branchville or Blackville South Carolina? Maybe that's what it means be BV SC.

 

[Deft Tones]

Perhaps a railroad bag tag?

[FONT=&quot]BMS St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company [/FONT]

 

[sutphin]

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