What are these? Badges?

[Hay Dude]

Badges? We dont need no stinking badges! :laughing:
But seriously, I inherited at least 500 of these... what are they for?
Why does big one (Mississippi) have hole drilled in it?
Some have threaded studs on the back. (Richmond)
Some are blank on the back (Clemson)

 

[Jstpssng]

Mississippi looks like it was mounted on something at one time, using that center hole for a screw. Or maybe Matt Dillon visited one day and was asked to show off his prowess.

 

[Peter 315]

I think you posted this before...........Maybe last winter.....

 

[Wagtail]

University alumni: lapel pins ('threaded' backs), watch fob, keepsakes.

 

[Hay Dude]

University alumni: lapel pins ('threaded' backs), watch fob, keepsakes.

They’re too big for lapels. Even the smallest one is the size of a half dollar. Some have threaded backs (Richmond), some don’t (like the Clemson)
Cant understand the hole in the bigger ones....thinking maybe a badge to be mounted on an office door? :confused3:

 

[Hay Dude]

I think you posted this before...........Maybe last winter.....

I know. Was trying to get some fresh eyes on them. I don’t know where to sell them...

 

[Tinhack]

Perhaps they are just sales samples. When I had my custom car paint and body business, I used to get all manner of free samples--Auto floor mats, coffee mugs, ball point pens, etc. I got everything for free, except PAINT.

The companies that produced the samples made each one with the name of my company. They must have made hundreds, if not thousands of samples for many companies. Your tokens are probably from a similar collection.

 

[Hay Dude]

Perhaps they are just sales samples. When I had my custom car paint and body business, I used to get all manner of free samples--Auto floor mats, coffee mugs, ball point pens, etc. I got everything for free, except PAINT.

The companies that produced the samples made each one with the name of my company. They must have made hundreds, if not thousands of samples for many companies. Your tokens are probably from a similar collection.

I have 100 pounds of them :laughing:

 

[Ford850]

They look like university medallions, used for a variety of things. Added to ceremonial maces etc.
collegiate medallions – Medalcraft Mint, Inc.
Creative Modeling and Design - Corporate and promotional coins and medals

 

[fruitcakesa]

Scrap?

 

[Tinhack]

Scrap?

Might be worth something if they're zinc. Up to $0.37 a pound. Or as little as $0.04/lb. :laughing:

 

[stuckmotor]

My grandfather had a handful of similar medals from events like conventions. As a kid I thought they were coins.
A web search just now, using the terms "souvenir: medals, badges, tokens or whatever I could think of" has lead me to believe that people will sell mementos of any event where they think they can make a profit. I wouldn't be surprised if they sold them at public hangings.

 

[Hay Dude]

My grandfather had a handful of similar medals from events like conventions. As a kid I thought they were coins.
A web search just now, using the terms "souvenir: medals, badges, tokens or whatever I could think of" has lead me to believe that people will sell mementos of any event where they think they can make a profit. I wouldn't be surprised if they sold them at public hangings.

:laughing:
Wow! Even more interesting :laughing:

 

[TheMan419]

Older versions of challenge coins?

University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels Challenge Coin – Cartouche and Coin Shop

 

[dodge man]

Where is the Antiques Roadshow when you need it.

 

[/pine]

They look like typical "sash" badges...?

 

[Hay Dude]

A large quantity of the small ones would go through lapel button hole, so lapel pins would be my best guess.

The Clemson badges look like collectible coins of some sort, but there’s nothing on the back! No threaded stud or any kind of engraving.
The bigger ones seem like theyd be mounted to a door with a decorative screw? However, the hole is really big, like 5/16”.

 

[coldsteelva]

Could these have been vehicle medallions?

 

[PILOON]

Having attended my share of conventions in aviation I started to collect those lapel badges.
I mounted them on a framed board as a sort of story board.

They were so popular that I created my own version with my company logo.
Folks would actually visit my display booth often to simply add to their collections and then my goal was met.

Did the same with visor caps later on when cap collecting was in fashion.
I had aviators 'drop in' simply to add a cap to their collection but being the sales type that I was it allowed me to introduce our service capabilities.

The trick was to remain hospitable but not pushy all while explaining your firm's capabilities.

 

[workinonit]

A large quantity of the small ones would go through lapel button hole, so lapel pins would be my best guess.

The Clemson badges look like collectible coins of some sort, but there’s nothing on the back! No threaded stud or any kind of engraving.
The bigger ones seem like theyd be mounted to a door with a decorative screw? However, the hole is really big, like 5/16”.

If you would like, take some pics of the Clemson "badges" and I'll hit up my old timer friends on Tigernet and see what they are. If you are interested in selling the Clemson ones I would like to buy them.