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This "brass tag" from eon Thüringer Energie was a street find of mine near Dublin Airport. As you can see from the rust, it is made from steel (and a magnet is attracted to it). It is uniface, but I've included pics of both sides since I don't think this has been shown here on CCF before.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
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Spence, it looks like the sort of tag that is affixed to electricity meters to prevent tampering. Just a wild guess on my part, however.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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A quick google says this is a German utility company (gas and electric)
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Ok yes sorry I should have included a link to this German Energy Company: https://selectra.at/energie/anbiete...nger-energieQuote:
The history of E.ON Thüringen Energie AG began in 2005 when Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) and Gasversorgung Thüringen GmbH (GVT) merged to form E.ON Energie AG . The merger brought together 1,500 employees and 700,000 customers, resulting in sales of 1.2 billion. E.ON Thüringer Energie was a German electricity provider based in Erfurt. As its name suggests, the company was part of the E.ON Group. Incorporated into the E.ON Group in 2005, the spin-off followed in 2013. E.ON Thüringer Energie became TEAG - Thüringer Energie AG. This article deals with the history of the company before 2013 , before TEAG was separated from the E.ON Group. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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So why was it in Dublin?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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That is one of life's little mysteries @hondo and one that I cannot answer. It wasn't near any electrical equipment like those big transformers. Maybe it was affixed to a pelican case of a e.on travelling worker and it got sheared off?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The one thing that makes a little sense is this was either affixed to a home electrical meter or the tracer wire on a gas line and some one made a refrigerator magnet out of it how it got to Dublin is anyone's guess. Not saying that's what this is but the one thing that does make a little sense.
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Could be @I6609, but just to be clear, I was saying that a magnet is attracted to this tag, but not that when I found it there was a magnet. Really what I meant that I believe it is made from steel.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I understand now I thought that was the way you found it but as you have stated you put the magnet on it to see what kind of metal it may be. I still think the line of thinking is in the right direction.certainly one of our German members could confirm this or combat it as not being what I thought
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Posted 08/20/2023 8:42 pm
