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 Originally Posted by OC Richard
It's lovely, but I'm not understanding what it is. Part of it looks like an upside down cromach or crozier, one end morphing into a leaf?
I don't think it is anything other than what it is. 
Fibula: 3.a metal brooch resembling a safety pin, often highly decorated, common in Europe after 1300 bc
Yes, at the top is an ash leaf. Which represents different things depending on which mythology/folklore you subscribe to. 
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Last edited by MacKenzie; 8th May 14 at 05:38 AM.
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