This could be a remnant of an ectoparasite or the pathologic response to an ectoparasite bite, as Maurizio suggested. It doesn't really resemble any avian mite or louse that I can recall seeing, but I don't generally see them after fixation for EM in skin samples. It could also be something entirely unrelated to ectoparasites, such as a reaction to a foreign body in the skin. Many pollen grains or algae have robust cell walls that could provoke a cellular response if lodged in the skin. Since these can be easily confused with parasites in fecal samples, it seems reasonable to surmise they could also get into scratches in the skin and be retained during processing. JP Caruso, PhD, Veterinary Parasitology, University of Georgia, USA, 1983
In my opinion it is the tip of the egg from a chewing lice parasitic of Ostrich. In this case it seems to be a operculum, in lateral view, of an egg of Struthiolipeurus sp. (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae). I am not sure if you have the operculum entire in the photo, but is pretty expectable that it be broken or smashed. The upper (in your photo) opening is clearly a air chamber and you can see the micropyle inside it.