What is it?

[EdC]

oldtruckandcamera ... you beat me to it. FWIW I think it is an opisometer.

 

[Stiga]

Does it measure distances off a map?

Absolutely. These gadgets are now collectable antiques. Over to you

 

[oldtruckandacamera]

Macro lens with tubes. No banana for scale, but the item is the size of a 50mm lens cap.

 

[Stiga]

Photography related? Or a screw cap for something?

 

[EdC]

Looks like a medallion. I can read Ausgabe. Maybe for a walking club?

 

[EdC]

Found it. German commemorative medal depicting the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915

 

[oldtruckandacamera]

Found it. German commemorative medal depicting the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915

That's it EdC, over to you! Those souls are lining up to buy tickets from death.

 

[EdC]

Wow. It was only when I guessed that the top word might be Fahrkarten that I knew what to look for. A bit macabre! Here is something less funereal.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Metal?

 

[oldtruckandacamera]

Medieval bronze jester?

 

[EdC]

Metal?

The bit that is showing is

 

[EdC]

Medieval bronze jester?

Well, yes. But I think I want a little more than that

 

[Stiga]

A v old bronze "Furniture Mount" - often pinned to the corners of wooden chests (coffers) or secular shrine

 

[EdC]

A v old bronze "Furniture Mount" - often pinned to the corners of wooden chests (coffers) or secular shrine

Sorry, not one of those. Although i see exactly what you mean.

 

[Stiga]

A Zoomorphic belt/strap end?