An assortment of vintage and modern enamel badges, pins, and small collectible items, featuring a significant concentration of items related to Plymouth and the West Country. The collection includes a padded cloth Royal Air Force cap badge with gold-wire embroidery depicting the Queen’s crown above a spread eagle and laurel wreath. Regional interest items include multiple Plymouth Motor Club enamel badges with winged crests, a silver-tone bar brooch for the Plymouth Argyle Shareholders Association, and a circular enamel bar brooch for the Guildhall Working League Plymouth. Commemorative pieces include a 2022 poppy pin featuring the Plymouth Argyle Football Club crest. The group further comprises various organisational and society badges, such as a Primrose League circular badge with the motto Imperium Et Libertas, a Women’s Institute oval badge inscribed For Home and Country, a National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds pin, BBC Radio Circle Plymouth pins, and a decorative shield badge for the Torquay 1939 Annual Conference of the National Association of Master Bakers and Confectioners. Transport interest is represented by a pictorial enamel pin of a Great Western Railway locomotive, inscribed GVR 0-6-0 PT No 5764. Miscellaneous items include a triangular brass dog tag from the Township of North York, Ontario, dated 1950, two small cast brass deity figures, a gold-tone hat pin with faux-pearl settings, and a Girl Guides trefoil pin.
Condition report:
The items are generally in good vintage condition. Most enamel surfaces remain bright and vibrant, although some older pieces show light surface scratching and tarnishing to the metal borders and reverses. The brass dog tag shows significant oxidation and surface wear. Fastenings, including pins and clasps, appear largely intact and functional where visible.
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