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2. Fibula (brooch) - Wikipedia

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   This simple design, with a unilateral spring, looks remarkably like a modern safety pin. The violin bow fibula has a low flat arch; the body runs parallel to the pin so it resembles a violin bow. The bow could be round, square, or flat and ribbon-like in cross-section. Some had simple punched or incised decoration on the bow.

3. Safety pin - Wikipedia

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   A safety pin. A ribbon and badge attached to a school cap with safety pins. A safety pin is a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. . The clasp forms a closed loop to properly fasten the pin to whatever it is applied to and covers the end of the pin to protect the user from the sharp poi

4. Collar pin - Wikipedia

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   A collar pin (closely related to the collar bar and collar clip) is a piece of men's jewelry, which holds the two ends of a dress shirt collar together and passes underneath the knot of a necktie. Functioning in a similar way as a tabbed collar , it keeps the collar in place and lifts the knot to provide a more aesthetically pleasing arc to the ...

5. Walter Hunt (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   Hunt came up with the safety pin ("C") in 1849 through experimentation with high tension wire. [ 3 ] [ 20 ] [ 52 ] His invention was an improvement on the current way clothing items were attached together before because of a protective clasp ("D") at the end and a coiled wire design ("B") with a spring tension on the pointed end leg ("A") to ...

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7. Tie pin - Wikipedia

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   Engraved on the handle of the hatchet, the pin reads, "Death to Rum". [2] Gold or silver style safety pins were commonly used as tie and collar pins from the beginning of the 20th century. Such a safety pin was used to fasten the tie to the shirt and was an integral part of a man's clothing or school uniform, being especially useful on formal ...

8. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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   Necklace of the Lady of the Lake, a jeweled necklace given to Sir Pelleas after assisting an old woman across a river. It was enchanted so that its wearer would be unfathomably loved. (Arthurian legend) Yasakani no Magatama, a bejeweled necklace of magatamas offered to Amaterasu. One of three Sacred Imperial Relics of Japan. It represents ...

9. Lapel pin - Wikipedia

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   A lapel pin, also known as an enamel pin, [1] [2] is a small pin worn on clothing, often on the lapel of a jacket, attached to a bag, or displayed on a piece of fabric. Lapel pins can be ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with a cause or an organization, such as a fraternal order or religious order ; in the case of a chivalric ...