Jerry McCarty wrote:
Any decent hardware store should have them.

I did a search using "brass label holder" and came up with a zillion hits.
For example:
http://nt.bnt.com/talas/menu.html?category=213

Clearly these are overkill for what you want, but it should give you an idea
of what is available.

Thanks Jerry, I've Googled myself to death and all I come up with are
the decorative type ones that you refer to. Thats why I was hoping for
something less ornamental for my radio panels like those on old mil gear.

Tnx,
Bill