Volvo – original vintage 1980s keyring with acrylic badge

An original Volvo keyring which we would think will have been produced during the 1980s .

We have just this one example of this keyring to offer – when it has been sold this listing will be cancelled .

This keyring is in excellent condition and will have been used very little .

The plated metal badge has a domed  acrylic insert and is mounted onto a keyfob in genuine black leather .

The keyfob is stitched around the edge and the badge is strongly secured to the keyfob by means of a strap and a bright plated rivet .

It could have been produced  by Renamel of Kilburn High Road , London – they were the main producer of these acrylic badged keyrings at the time although other manufacturers soon started producing keyrings with acrylic badges as well .

These acrylic badges had a very important advantage over the more traditional vitreous badges – they didn’t crack or break when dropped onto a hard surface .

Keyrings with these badges were cheaper to buy than their vitreous enamel badged counterparts and many Volvo cars will have been driven with a keyring like this one at the time .

In that case a keyring like this one could in many cases be regarded as a more original keyring to use with a car than a more expensive keyring with a vitreous enamel badge mounted onto a genuine leather keyfob…………….keyrings like this one ‘ did the job’ .

As these keyrings were relatively cheap to buy at the time they were not particularly valued and were soon discarded when they became worn or when the owner changed to another make of car – so relatively few of these keyrings may have survived .

The keyring in the photos is the actual one which you will receive .