movie prop? it's a fleur de lis, on a sheriff's star, on a castle, etc...

hubby thinks its a masonic / fraternal organization thing...

but I'm not sure.

it looks like a clan badge to me?

what's a clan badge?

I picked it up at an estate sale with no other information on it.

and a google image search doesn't bring up ANYTHING similar.

looking to see if he can find if it is, and which one - Rrish; its the crest of a scottish or irish clan.

nothing is coming up, damnit. Looking at the chain I'd now propose maybe its a mayoral crest instead.

i dont think its masonic could be some othe organization tho

it is a proper mystery whatever it is. I'm throwing it out into a bunch of my social media connections, figured I'd sic the internet on it.

Here's something similar, that doesn't help me identify mine but it verifies that this isn't some one-off thing... Pin

and I've ruled out Scottish rite, masons, knights of columbus, knights templar...

If I keep searching these "secret societies" and I were a conspiracy theorist, I might be afraid of having my house broken into. o.0

with the Fluer de Lis I would think maybe something french

Reminds me of the symbol for the Order of the Eastern Star, which my mother told me was like a girl's masonic order

the chain indicates that it is for an "official" purpose, masonry and stuff have indeed likely ones.

I think it's possibly related to an accademic association, It also looks as a cheap reproduction lacking jewels and a variety of metals, I might say accademic secret society ritual necklace.

Playboy mansion participation badge?

I'm still not really sure. It definitely isn't a "high quality" piece. It looks like it was made in all 1 piece as opposed to layered like you'd expect.

Some of the other suggestions from other social media sites have been "European Masonic" which I don't agree with... I think the masons symbol is pretty consistent across the globe.

Or other people think it's made up.

I'm still not sure. I agree with www.plurk.com/jacomobelt... in that the chain is more "official" style looking.

I've seen other "faux heraldric" stuff online made by vintage jewelry designers and they tend to have regular chains.

like this one: www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage...