Monday 3rd August - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables
Monday 3rd August - Antiques, Jewellery, Militaria, Coins, Vinyl, Toys, Ceramics, Collectables
A large and diverse collection of late 20th-century badges, pins, and buttons across various themes including humour, tourism, charity, and politics. The lot consists of metal enamel pins, die-cast badges, and celluloid tin-back button badges. Humorous button badges include slogans such as I’VE plenty of AMBITION I JUST HATE TO WASTE IT ON WORK!, SEX MACHINE featuring a bear character, SMILE… It makes people wonder what you’ve been doing, and I only drink when I’m alone or with somebody else. Political and historical items include Soviet-era memorabilia, notably a rectangular silver-tone plaque inscribed ЛЕНИНГРАД • СМОЛЬНЫЙ (Leningrad Smolny) depicting a statue of Lenin, alongside multiple profile badges of V.I. Lenin. British tourism and heritage is represented by badges for The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Jorvik Viking Centre, Abbey Church Shrewsbury, and holiday camp memorabilia from Filey (1961) and Butlin’s. Charitable organisations featured include the NSPCC, Marie Curie, Guide Dogs, and Age Concern. Other notable items include a nautical ship’s wheel crest for H.M.S. Fisgard, an enamel pin for the Barbour brand, Asterix in Britain, and a Canada 1976 Montreal Olympics commemorative stamp-style badge.
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