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This is a tiny budgie-shaped lapel pin with an Australian 50c coin - sort of dodecagonal shape with Kangaroo and Emu.
Budgerigars are Aussie birds, too. It can join perfectly 🐥😊
Lapel pin awarded upon occasion of retirement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after a 33-year career.
For the Macro Mondays theme of 3/29/2021: AWARD.
For Macro Monday - Pin Badge.
"Collegium Sancti Petri Caeseriense"
"The seal of the college was designed in 1930. It is a peacock surmounting a rock, a couple of crossed keys, and the legend "in perpetuum." The peacock is symbolic of the soul finding immortality after death; the rock symbolizes St. Peter as the "rock" upon which the church was built; the keys represent the keys to heaven, and the words "in perpetuum," denote the hope of going on forever." - from the college website.
The St. Peter's colors are blue and white - the peacock is the school mascot.
The lapel pin is 17mm wide x 16mm high.
... it would say: THANK YOU.
That was the message on the card I received with the fish pin, pictured above, on it. On the other side was a lovely hand written note thanking me for supporting the Tyee which is an independent online newspaper. I subscribe to it and donate a small sum every month.
The Tyee paper takes its name from a particular type of salmon: a Chinook salmon which is very large and weighs more than thirty pounds. The word Tyee is from the language of the Nuu-chah-nulth people and means "king, chief or champion"..
This is a lapel pin featuring Air Canada's Lockheed 10 A Electra. The aircraft joined what was then Trans Canada Airlines in the fall of 1937. It was restored and did a cross-Canada 50th Anniversary tour. HMM
#macromondays #pinbadge
I decided to share this image for the upcoming #macromondays theme called #pinbadge
What you see is a Route 66 Badge. The diameter of the Badge is aprox. 22 mm = less than 1"
A pin badge is a small decorative accessory typically made of metal, plastic, or enamel that can be attached to clothing, bags, or other fabric surfaces using a pin and clasp mechanism on the back. Pin badges often feature designs, logos, slogans, or artwork and serve a variety of purposes, such as:
Personal expression (e.g., favorite bands, quotes, or characters)
Awareness and activism (e.g., charity ribbons, campaign slogans)
Identification (e.g., name badges, organizational logos)
Collectibles and souvenirs (e.g., commemorative events or travel mementos)
They are popular among collectors and can range from simple printed designs to intricate hard or soft enamel finishes with detailed artwork. The front face of the badge is where the visual design appears, while the back typically has a butterfly clutch, safety pin, or magnetic fastener.
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The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 27th of May is “blue and green”. This was a wonderful challenge as there were so many possibilities. I contemplated pieces of blue and green porcelain, blue and green glass, blue and green fabric, but in the end I settled on blue and green guilloché enamel. I chose an English guilloché enamel and sterling silver button made in 1911 and a French guilloché enamel and pearl gold stick pin. Guilloché is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name, also called a rose engine lathe. This mechanical technique improved on more time-consuming designs achieved by hand and allowed for greater delicacy, precision, and closeness of line, as well as greater speed. Translucent enamel was applied over guilloché metal by Peter Carl Fabergé on the Faberge eggs and other pieces from the 1880s. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
This peacock blue guilloché enamel and sterling silver button was made in Birmingham by James Fenton and Company in 1911. It is one of six small buttons, two long hatpins and belt buckle, all made of silver with the same peacock blue guilloche enamel, presented in a blue leather presentation box with gilt tooling. James Fenton and Company, was a Birmingham silvermakers between 1854 and 1956. They were well known for their manufacture of silver and gold thimbles and later silver and enamel jewellery.
This French made Art Nouveau (circa 1905) lapel stick pin of flowers and leaves is made of 18 carat rose gold, and features seven seed pearls and six beautiful vibrant green guilloché enamel leaves on rose gold backings in a dainty filigree setting measuring just over a centimetre in diameter. With its curling foliage, it represents the delicate and elegant style of the Belle Epoque. The maker is unknown.
Macro Mondays: National
May Gibbs Wattle Babies lapel pin.
Wattle, i.e. Acacia, is Australia's national flower. There are Acacias in every state and some flowering at any time of the year.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 22nd of October is “dots and stripes”. In recent months, I have been exploring a new avenue in my creativity, that of portraiture photography. I used my sitter for the “Smile on Saturday” theme of “nose” a little over a month ago. My elusive sitter has agreed to return, showing off one of his financial power outfits: a smart pinstripe suit and blue pinstripe shirt, both from London, and a spotted tie from Paris. He is even wearing a lapel pin of gold featuring pearls and sapphires, adding to the dotty portion of the theme. These things have been largely mothballed owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, so my model enjoyed having an excuse to get dressed up for me. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme, and that it makes you smile.
For Macro Mondays theme; "Star". (An enameled lapel pin depicting Alaska's state flag - measuring 3/4 x 1/2 inch in size.)
HMM!
The following lyrics from Alaska's state song . . .
Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flower's nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.
I am guessing that this lapel pin was made around 1950. I do not know its significance. I would be happy for any available information.
Our Daily Challenge for today is JEWELRY!!! This is one of my service anniversary pins from The Telephone Company...
To see other JEWELRY shots Click Here!!!!!
1995 I was on a business trip to Tokyo to assess a vendor for a company I was working for. I left the New Otani hotel in a taxi, was taken to an airport where I was booked on a Japanese 747 to fly west from Tokyo - the seats in Japanese 747's are VERY close together for a guy my size. I was met at the airport by the vendor's team and taken to a bus which took me to a small village where I was put on an ox pulled wagon to travel to the main company offices in the middle of nowhere. After reviewing their product I was taken back by limo, to the Nozomi Shinkansen 300 series Super Bullet Train station. Great food / drink, seats, and traveling at +300 km/hr it is my fastest train ride yet. Far better than the trip there. Met by a limo at the Tokyo station and taken back to the Otani where a bunch of goodies awaited my return.
I guess they wanted our business and made sure I had a first class trip back. It was a long day.
No idea what the little paper (about 3/4" square) says that was in the envelope with the small lapel pin MEMENTO of the train formally presented to me upon arrival.
Perhaps one of our Japanese flickr members can enlighten us?
Nikon N1J4 w 70's 55mm Nikkor Macro lens @ f8
UPDATE: THE TIME IS NOW! I will start to release my collection this week so if interested now is the time to get in contact. :)
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Buttons, Pins, Pinbacks, Badges... Not really sure what to call them...
But, I'm pretty sure there are a few more (some shown here) as these were something I kept pulling out of various boxes, one here, another there. Here though are the ones I've been able to gather together at one time. :)
Another final pic will follow when I have them all together hopefully.
In the meantime...
Additional Pins here.
More Sailormoon here.
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All these (and more) need new homes as I'm going to a different country for an extended stay soon so send me a Flickr Mail message (access through the arrow that appears near my profile photo when mousing over it, or click on the little tan envelope that appears on my profile page) if interested.
In the UK blood is given as a donation rather than for money.
When a donor has given 10, 25 or 50 pints (it does take some time) the National Blood Transfusion `Service reward them with a Bronze, Silver or Gold Lapel Pin.
I got this gold one some time ago (I am now up to 77 pints)
Heart for Macro Mondays
#70 Number/s for 123 pictures in 2023
This photo is for the group Macro Monday's and this week the theme is "Fasteners".
On the discussion thread of Macro Monday's February 19th theme, a fastener is described as a device that attaches something firmly to something else.
These are my lapel pins from 2016 Relay For Life from the American Cancer Society fundraiser. A pin with "Survivor" is given to those who survived cancer and a pin with "Caregiver" is given to those who help a person with cancer in some way or another.
The size of one lapel pin is less than 1" wide x 1 1/4" long. The clasp is almost 1/2".
I've finally received the confirmation and my lapel pin (!), I am now an LRPS!
My final panel of images can be found on my website here and my blog post about the process is here.
Thanks for all the views and favourites and comments today - 5600 views and counting for an iPhone picture is pretty good going I think!
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I went to almost every Louis Vuitton and America's Cup race in San Francisco, 2013. Course marshaling, on Oracle's VIP launch, from shore, from various spectator boats, etc. I won this lapel pin for answering a trivia question correctly at the Oracle Innovation Lounge.
For comparison, here is the actual cup and the cup and me.
Or you can check out the whole America's Cup album.
1.5:1 reproduction ratio. The pin is approximately 22mm or 5/8" tall.
Strobist: Two Canon 430EXIII-RT strobes held roughly 60-degrees off-axis camera left and right just outside of the frame.
Macro Mondays theme: Monday, October 16th is Souvenir.
This is a souvenir lapel pin that I picked up on a vacation to Churchill, Manitoba.
As a family we went on a "once in a life time" vacation to Canada's northern wonder of Churchill on a CAA Travel charter in association with the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). The package included a Beluga whale watching boat tour, a tour of the area (Fort Prince of Wales and a visit to the polar bear "jail"), grain terminal tour, and a tundra buggy tour to see polar bears in the wild.
The tour was by rail and we had to catch the train in the 'wee' hours of the morning - that another story for another time. The train service was by Omnitrax Inc (Denver-based rail line), who put on a special "Executive" rail car just for our tour.
Today the town is without rail line service as the railway was severely damaged by spring (2017) flooding, goods and people have to be flown in making Churchill a fly-in community for now.
Omnitrax estimates it will cost between $20 million to $60 million to repair the severely damaged track on the Hudson Bay Railway between Gilliam and Churchill.
Happy Macro Monday to all ...
It stands in front of me - since years. Yes, it's the Linux mascot, Tux the penguin, the official mascot of the Linux kernel.
#HMM to everyone! :-)
ODC "THIS IS ME"
Explore #155
Almost 40 years, making life better in my community, my country and around the world.
GiGi Hadid by Noel Cruz (ncruz.com) wearing fashions (Blouse, Blazer & Jeans) by SHANTOMMO. See Ryan Liang's Creations at shantommo.com/with manicured hands by Pure Icon Paris on eBay at www.ebay.com/usr/pure-icon-paris and Jewelry by Fashion Integrity. Lapel Pin (the bling!) by Queen of Hats -
www.ebay.com/usr/queenofhats12. iPhone (stunningly real in 1/6 scale) by liluminiature on etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/liluminiature. Diorama by the now retired Ken Haseltine of Regent Miniatures.
GiGi is featured in the 1Sixth Winter Hardbound Edition available in Hardback/imagewrap or paperback cover. Also as a PDF or eBook.
Order here: www.blurb.com/b/9320555-1sixth
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Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
Only 100 of these were made. It seems likely that most have been lost in the 40 or so years since then. I don't get mine out of the box very often. Perhaps I should start wearing it to confuse acquaintances who will have no idea what it is about.
Taken for Macro Mondays "Pin Badge"
Couldn't let today's Pentax (Asahi) Centenary pass without some acknowledgement. Sweating on the new flagship APS-C .... 😅
SMC TAKUMAR 55mm f1.8 @ f3.5
Day 27 of Pentax Forum's Daily in November 2019 Challenge.
GiGi Hadid by Noel Cruz (ncruz.com) wearing fashions (Blouse, Blazer & Jeans) by SHANTOMMO. See Ryan Liang's Creations at shantommo.com/with manicured hands by Pure Icon Paris on eBay at www.ebay.com/usr/pure-icon-paris and Jewelry by Fashion Integrity. Lapel Pin (the bling!) by Queen of Hats -
www.ebay.com/usr/queenofhats12. iPhone (stunningly real in 1/6 scale) by liluminiature on etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/liluminiature. Diorama by the now retired Ken Haseltine of Regent Miniatures.
GiGi is featured in the 1Sixth Winter Hardbound Edition available in Hardback/imagewrap or paperback cover. Also as a PDF or eBook.
Order here: www.blurb.com/b/9320555-1sixth
eBook: www.blurb.com/b/9320555-1sixth?ebook=690084
Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
The term ‘Pioneer’ has a very specific meaning in Ireland - it refers to someone who is a member of The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart (PTAA). This is an Irish organisation for Roman Catholic teetotallers. While the PTAA does not advocate prohibition, it does require complete abstinence from alcoholic drink from its members. It also encourages devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as an aid to resisting the temptation of alcohol. Pioneers wear a lapel pin called a Pioneer pin with an image of the Sacred Heart, both to advertise the organisation and to alert others not to offer them alcohol.
There is every possibility that this gentleman has never in his life tasted alcohol.
Mi'kmaq Grand Council Flag lapel pin.
For Macro Mondays June 9 theme "Pin Badge"
The pin measures 3/4" wide
The Mi'kmaq Nation flag, often called the Santé Mawiómi or Grand Council flag, features white and red. The white represents the purity of Creation, the red cross (Mekwék Klujjewey) symbolizes mankind and the four directions, and the red star (Na'ku'set) and moon (Tepkunaset) represent the forces of day and night, respectively, according to Treaty Education Resources.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Flood with their family make a fine portrait to end the week, Here you may notice that of the four children two bear a strong resemblance to the father and two to the mother! And a handsome family they are too.
With thanks to O Mac and sharon.corbet there is strong evidence that this image dates from the 1930s, and that - as Sharon notes - those pictured are (left to right):
Nora, Tim, Ita (standing), Nelly (sitting), Martin, Gerald [Flood]
Both boys pictured went on to play inter-county hurling, with the younger Flood winning 3 All-Irelands in the 1950s and 60s....
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: between ca. 1901 and 1954 (likely 1930s)
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 4297
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
A Frosty the Snowman lapel pin that is just one of dozens of small knick-knacks that form a Christmas Tree on a 14inch-square, glittery-canvas frame. My son’s mother-in-law (a very crafty person) made it from pins, beads, buttons, and assorted jewelry. The entire Frosty pin is under an inch in diameter.
Shot for Macro Mondays June 9th Theme of Pin Badge.