Definition

• Clamshell Hanger.  A kind of crimped hanger loop, otherwise called crimped clasp hanger. All these terms are named after the shape of the prongs that wrap around a high rim border to suspend a pendant medal to a loop for hanging.  See loop, crimped clasp hanger.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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