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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3061862, member: 4910&quot;]This is the first &quot;love token&quot; that I have found in a movie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Love Tokens are coins which have engravings applied to one side. They were popular in the late 1800&#039;s and were usually made as gifts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one in the film is an unusual one, an octagonal medal engraved from a grandfather to a grandson.</p><p><br /></p><p>The film is a fantasy tale based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Lawrence Edward Watkin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pud is a young boy whose wealthy parents are killed in an automobile accident.</p><p><br /></p><p>His grandfather Julian Northrup (Lionel Barrymore) becomes his guardian and engages in a custody legal fight with the boy&#039;s aunt Demetria Riffle who wants the boy for his money.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not stated in the film but in the novel Julian worked for forty years as a watch engraver for the Tiffany &amp; Co jewelry store in New York City.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, in the film Julian is shown engraving something.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_onborrowedtime_julian.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julian engraving something</p><p><br /></p><p>At one time Pud runs away from home and takes with him an large octagonal medal.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_onborrowedtime_pud.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Pud reaches for the medal which has an attached ribbon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_onborrowedtime_medal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Closeup of the medal engraved &quot;Pud from Gramp&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This film prop had to be especially made for the film.</p><p><br /></p><p>The source medal would be any of the inexpensive octagonal dollar-sized medals available in the 1930s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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