Lapel pin with 'Aston Martin' on a ribbon around pre-war grille, dated c.1948-1950.

Lapel pin with 'Aston Martin' on a ribbon around pre-war grille. This is based on an emblem of the pre-war company. Made by Thomas Fattorini ltd. Birmingham.
In sleeve with badge is the correspondence from a Mrs Alma Olive, who gave the item. Mostly contains her vague memories of Dudley Coram and helping at a few Club (AMOC) events.
Alan Archer, in his article on "Our Colourful Badges" - AM36.154, pp.31-33 - describes this as "almost certainly the first post-war Club badge (diameter 9mm) issued as a stopgap". A black and white photo of the badge appears on p.31 of the article. A very similar badge but with an extra base stating 'National Service', was issued to Works staff during the war. this is also illustrated on page 31 of the article.

Lapel Pin

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