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toddmp
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posted 06-14-2016 12:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for toddmp     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I recently picked this up. The legs span about 4.5". It is metal with a light chrome coating. It is quite substantial. It is too big to be a piece from a board game of this era as far as I can tell. There are no marking at all on it.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 06-14-2016 01:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks like it is loosely based on a Surveyor spacecraft.

Cozmosis22
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posted 06-14-2016 01:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cozmosis22     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
May be a piece of 'trench art" from the late 60's?

davidcwagner
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posted 06-14-2016 08:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for davidcwagner   Click Here to Email davidcwagner     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It is the nut that held a glass light shade for a ceiling mounted light. The glass shade was the half of the moon with some labels.

A complete one on eBay (172222436296):

Joel Katzowitz
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posted 06-15-2016 07:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Joel Katzowitz   Click Here to Email Joel Katzowitz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great detective work. So the lander sat off-set on the globe, nice piece. I'd love to find one of those light fixtures for myself!!!

Gilbert
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posted 06-15-2016 08:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gilbert   Click Here to Email Gilbert     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is a cool piece that could only have come from the 60s. I'd like to have one also.

toddmp
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posted 06-15-2016 11:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for toddmp     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by davidcwagner:
It is the nut that held a glass light shade for a ceiling mounted light.
Amazing ID skills, thanks so much.

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