Badge identifying North American politician in Europe (deceased) (9)
I believe the answer is:
nameplate
'badge identifying north american' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'politician in europe deceased' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MEP' (Member of European Parliament).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'europe' becomes 'na' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'deceased' becomes 'late' (late can mean dead).
'na'+'late'='nalate'
'mep' inserted inside 'nalate' is 'NAMEPLATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nameplate that I've seen before include "for handle at entrance" , "Notice telling who is the occupant" , "One identifies" , "It may be attached to an office door" , "Plaque" .)