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A good original '1962 Walt Disney Productions film 'In Search of the Castaways' celluloid tin button badge' the centre depicting a portrait of the starring child actress 'Hayley Mills'. Good condition, complete with original pin fittings, colours remain bright, minor suface scratches. Diameter 32mm.
Code: 63713
10.00 GBP
A scarce original circa post 1962 'ODEON Boys & Girls Club red and white celluloid tin button badge' the centre depicting the Gongman company logo. Good condition, complete with original pin fittings, colours remain bright, minor suface scratches. Diameter 25mm.
Code: 63712
25.00 GBP
A good original circa post 1962 'ODEON Boys & Girls Club red and white celluloid tin button badge' the centre depicting the Gongman company logo. Good condition, complete with original pin fittings, colours remain bright, minor suface scratches. Diameter 32mm.
Code: 63711
12.00 GBP
A scarce original circa 1930's period 'Odeon Childrens Circle promotional pin badge'; silver plated title circlet, figure of a pageboy wearing red uniform to voided centre; the reverse impressed with maker's details 'H.W.Miller Ltd B'Ham 18'. Good condition, complete with original pin fittings, no stress marks or damage to the enamel, silver plating with wear to the right edge. Height 29mm.
Code: 63537
40.00 GBP
A scarce original circa 1957 period 'The Rank Organisation 25 club badge'; fine quality silver example depicting the Gongman company logo inlaid in black and yellow enamel, the reverse impressed with Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1957 and maker's details 'F&S' (Fattorini & Sons Ltd.). Excellent condition, complete with original pin fittings, no damage to the enamel. Height 20mm. The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in 1937. It was no longer in existence by 1996.
Code: 63350
35.00 GBP
A scarce original circa 1930's gilt and enamel Art Deco Cinema promotional pin badge in the form of a small figure of a pageboy, wearing red uniform and standing on a stylized 'O' resting on a plinth inscribed 'ODEON', the reverse impressed with maker's details 'H.W.Miller Ltd B'Ham 18'. Very good condition, complete with original pin fittings, no stress marks or damage to the enamel, gilt finish remains bright. Height 28mm.
Code: 61488
SOLD
A scarce circa 1950's 'Empress Hall' advertising badge from the pantomime 'Puss in Boots'; a large gilded brass example depicting a cunning black cat in flamboyant clothing, wearing very large boots, the reverse with 1945 to 1954 maker's details 'Fattorini & Sons Ld Bradford Works Birmingham'. Very good condition, complete with original pin fittings, no stress marks or damage to the enamel, gilt finish remains bright. Height 47mm. The Empress Hall Theatre was situated in Earl's Court, Lillie Road, London.
Code: 60151
A scarce original circa1935 'Up Narkover gilt and enamel pin badge'; small size shield, divided into four, depicting a pick, a shovel, handcuffs and prison uniform broad arrows; the reverse with maker's details 'J.R.Gaunt London'. Very good condition, complete with original buttonhole fitting, no damage to the enamel, gilt finish remains bright. Height 23mm. This badge relates to the 1935 film 'Boys Will Be Boys' in which 'Will Hay who was a former teacher in a prison applies and becomes Headmaster of Narkover, a public school of roguery.
Code: 60150
A scarce circa 1950's 'Empress Hall' badge from the pantomime 'Robin Hood'; a large gilded brass example depicting a female actress in green medieval male costume holding a long bow; the reverse with maker's details "Fattorini & Sons Ld Bradford Works Birmingham" (1945 to 1954). Very good condition, retaining original pin fittings, no stress marks or damage to the enamel, manufacturers flaw to tip of left elbow, minor wear to gilt finish. Height 54mm. The Empress Hall Theatre was situated in Earl's Court, Lillie Road, London.
Code: 55443
20.00 GBP
A circa 1930s scarce original tin celluloid double sided advertising match box cover, for The Gainsborough Famous British Stars Phyllis Calvert and Ann Crawford. Good condition, very minor foxing, colours bright. Height 55mm.
Code: 51369
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