I've seen pretty standard transistor values with color bands on them that I did not understand. One thing that the strange connection of the 2nd and 3rd pins implies is that it's maybe a "current regulator diode", specifically a ghetto-rigged one.
Pretend the pins 1 through 3 are source, gate and drain of a MOSFET or JFET. Connecting the gate and drain of a FET makes a diode-connected device which will attempt to keep a constant drain current. You could try testing it, but I would be careful if you don't want to damage them.
EDIT: Upon a quick closer inspection it appears that the middle lead was cut manually and the 2nd and 3rd pin bridged with solder. Can you confirm this? It kind of supports my ghetto-rigged current-regulator idea.