Anybody got any idea what this is?

[Le Vette]

A friend found a number of these in a shed in France, all with identical marking/numbering.
It's about an inch / 2.5cm across, made of brass.
I don't think it's a Rolls Royce logo as the second R is on top (the first R is on top on a Rolls Royce logo), but it may be an early version I suppose....
There are no bad suggestions!

[alorotom]

Pass but S.E.D is my initials lol

[valiant]

Can't be arsed to reply.

[NDA]

For a key to a locker?

[Riley Blue]

A tag for an animal to denote ownership perhaps.

[Eric Mc]

Anything to do with Rolls Royce?

[TooMany2cvs]

Key tag for Rolls Royce Service Engineering Department? Identify which car the keys belong to?

But all are numbered 17?

[sparkythecat]

A miners tally ?

[TooMany2cvs]

Parts identifier for bits removed from an aero engine during rebuild...?

[Troubleatmill]

valiant said:

Can't be arsed to reply.

That deserves a

[NDA]

S.E.D. is a French acronym for Soulever et Déplacer (a removals company). Could be that maybe?

[nicanary]

NDA said:

S.E.D. is a French acronym for Soulever et Déplacer (a removals company). Could be that maybe?

Maybe a seal for bonded goods.

[SCEtoAUX]

Member number 17, who has the initials "RR" of the European Dyslexia Society?

[Speed 3]

Could be tool tags. In aircraft maintenance, if you want to sign a tool out of the stores they put one of those on a hook on the tool board or cabinet to denote who's taken it. Each mechanic would be issued with a set with a common serial number on them so that they could take multiple tools out for a job. It enables the organisation to sign em all back at the end of the maintenance and show who had it last.

[Eric Mc]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Rolls Royce don't/didn't just manufacture luxury cars.

It could be aviation or military related.

[Cold]

Dog tags left over from the puppy cloning farm.

[Ace-T]

Will have some info on this later. Watch this space. No Nazi bunker style excitement though.

[glenrobbo]

Speed 3 said:

Could be tool tags. In aircraft maintenance, if you want to sign a tool out of the stores they put one of those on a hook on the tool board or cabinet to denote who's taken it. Each mechanic would be issued with a set with a common serial number on them so that they could take multiple tools out for a job. It enables the organisation to sign em all back at the end of the maintenance and show who had it last.

Exactly my first thoughts.

If the tags are all numbered 17, they were issued to one fitter who used them to book tools out of the tool store.
If a shadow board system was in place, it would enable all tools to be accounted for at the end of shift, any tools not booked back in would be indicated by its silhouette, and the tool tag would indicate who hadn't returned the item.
Helps prevent loose article FOD. ( foreign object debris/ damage )

I can't see why it wouldn't have been a system in place at Rolls Royce Aero Engines Division.
They would have had engineers / fitters based in Toulouse. Or possibly the tags belonged to an ex-Rolls employee who retired to France.

Come in No.17, you've still got a 2BA wobbly booked out!


ETA: RR S E D: Rolls Royce Service Engineering Department?

Edited by glenrobbo on Tuesday 30th January 09:08

[Speed 3]

Think this is the final piece of the jigsaw:



Small engines would have been turboshafts (helicopters) and turboprops (fixed wing)

Suspect the RR is the wrong orientation as these would have been very cheap light engineering things that wouldn't be seen by the public so probably not rejected.

[Ace-T]

Clearly I took too long in replying.

My sources pretty much confirm the above. Tool tags for Small Engine Division is the likely explanation for SED.

Leavesden is now a film studio where apparently Harry Potter was filmed.

OP can you divulge where in France they were found? It has been suggested that the aforementioned shed may have been owned by an RR ex-pat.

Edited by Ace-T on Tuesday 30th January 10:48