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mysterious little purse

May 23rd, 2007 by smidge

The other day I found, in a box of old US and foreign coins and personal memorabilia, this little fur clasp purse:

P5180001

Its only contents were a pair of tweezers, a medal keyring-type clasp with some sort of seal stamped on what appears to be gold, and an old crumbling note that looks like it had been folded in someone’s pocket for years. The note reads, in faded pencil:

Staying alone for the first time 1944.

This is a mystery I want to solve.  But I need your help.  Can anyone identify the seal?  It has a front and a back:
P5180012    P5180011

Or can anyone hazard a guess about this mysterious little purse?

7 Responses to “mysterious little purse”

  1. on 25 May 2007 at 10:45 am1 Mark

    So, everything on this site up until now was just a build-up to this - a viral marketing promotion for an upcoming film? I’d read that the producers of “Old Purse” were going to try some kind of stunt to generate word of mouth, but seems pretty lame.

  2. on 25 May 2007 at 10:47 am2 Mark

    See also:

    http://www.metafilter.com/61384/UFO-spotted-twice-over-California-or-Viral-marketing-campaign-launched-successfully

  3. on 27 May 2007 at 12:16 pm3 smidge

    I’m sorry Mark, haulers need to make money somehow.

    Producers have settled on the title “Furry Clasp.” We’re shooting for an R rating, but that may not be possible.

  4. on 02 Jun 2007 at 12:35 am4 john henrey

    duh, that fuzzy purse is the carying case for the suck-a-tron; everyone knows that.

  5. on 05 Jun 2007 at 3:37 pm5 Mark

    I knew a kid back in high school nicknamed Suckatron.

  6. on 08 Jun 2007 at 8:49 am6 gnd

    oh yeah, well I knew a kid named harry bottoma!

    totally serious. he played the tuba.

  7. on 16 Jun 2007 at 10:25 pm7 Jennifer

    http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/09/094.html

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