Can anyone tell me what these 2 pins on this old ribbon say?

[hearts-desires]

Can anyone tell me what these 2 pins on this old ribbon say? Thank you for your help.

[argon38]

The script is baffling. I wonder if it could be paleo-Hebrew. Have you any other clues? Did it come along with anything?

[argon38]

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@argon38 wrote:

I wonder if it could be paleo-Hebrew.

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Not paleo-Hebrew. I can't think what language it might be.

[maxine*j]

Does it make sense in other orientations?

[argon38]

Not to me it doesn't. I really hope someone can shed some light on it, because I'd love to know.

[maxine*j]

[maxine*j]

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@argon38 wrote:

Not to me it doesn't. I really hope someone can shed some light on it, because I'd love to know.

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Nor to me.  I just did the last possible orientation and I still don't see anything familiar.  Or, rather, I sort of do, but it's a jumble that makes no overall sense.

I certainly would like to see the entire piece, which could help.

[woodw_sandr]

Hmmm Maybe we need Tom Hanks/Robert Langdon in on this one.

[mountaingigi]

That was the first thing I tried, and it was just as head-scratching, so I didn't post it. The bow and leaf/berry wreath would I think indicate the top, but maybe not.

[maxine*j]

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@mountaingigi wrote:

That was the first thing I tried, and it was just as head-scratching, so I didn't post it. The bow and leaf/berry wreath would I think indicate the top, but maybe not.

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Perhaps.  But in heraldry and in almost all military and civic medals, you'll find the leaves are upright.  The two branches may be crossed at the bottom or open at the bottom, and it's at the bottom (at the cross or the opening) where any sort of bow or other element lies.    Having a bow at the top and downward pointing leaves would be quite unusual.

[mountaingigi]

Yeah, that's why I wrote "or maybe not". Just didn't have the time to go looking for examples, and I knew someone else would. 🙂

[maxine*j]

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@mountaingigi wrote:
Yeah, that's why I wrote "or maybe not". Just didn't have the time to go looking for examples, and I knew someone else would. 🙂

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I didn't have to go looking for examples.  Believe it or not, there are actually one or two things I know off the top of my head.

[hearts-desires]

THank you for all your answers. Here is a picture of the complete ribbon.

[argon38]

It isn't even making much sense to me as a physical object. So the two pins basically staple the folded ribbon together?

[maxine*j]

OK.  It's safe to say, I think, that the correct orientation is the usual one, with the leaves pointing up and the bow at the bottom.  Although that doesn't get us much further along, it's something.   

But, as *argon* says, it's not a ribbon in the sense we were thinking of it -- as part of a medal / award / badge of some sort.  At least, it doesn't look that way.