Caterham Super 7 – original new old stock nickel plated vitreous enamel badge remounted onto a new leather keyfob

An original new old stock vitreous enamel Caterham Super 7 keyfob badge  which will have been produced in the 1980s which we are offering  remounted onto a new leather keyfob as can be seen in the photos .

We have just two of these nickel plated enamel badges left and each one is slightly different – so we prefer to list each one separately and the photos are of the actual keyring which you will receive .

This particular badge is in excellent condition – but with unimportant ‘bumps’ in the enamel which all of these nickel plated badges have had .

These can be seen as the badge is tilted from side to side in a light source but are not obvious in the listing photos .

Production of the Lotus 7 ended in 1972 & Caterham bought the rights to the car in 1973 & production started.

Most modern Caterham keyfob badges will now be made in resin based enamel – not solid yellow & green vitreous enamel like these.

We would think that these badges will date from the early to mid 1980s.

They have the maker’s name on the back of the badges ( CAXTON of KEW ) – which gives a good clue to the date- Caxtons have been closed for a very long time.

The badges are in new condition and will never have been issued but all are different with slight dimples & bumps in the enamel .

One particular customer sent a badge of his own which he had found elsewhere to be re-mounted – we noted that it was just the same with slight dimples & bumps in the enamel even though it had probably been from a different batch at the time .

Caxton of Kew were a traditional manufacturer and one of the last to still lay the vitreous enamel by hand – this results in slight variations from badge to badge .

Hand laid enamel tends to have irregularities which sets these badges apart from modern resin based enamel badges which are always ‘boringly’ perfect !

Additionally the badges are relatively thin and consequently lightweight – as befits a Caterham Super 7 – and we have therefore chosen to offer them mounted onto the thinnest  keyfob which we produce – our slimline teardrop keyfob shape as shown in the photos .

As already stated – the keyring in the photos is the actual one which you will receive .