Daimler - original vintage 1970s Manhattan Windsor keyring - collector's item

An original Daimler keyring which will probably have been produced in the late 1970s .

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 can hardly have been used .

The nickel plated vitreous enamel badge is mounted onto a keyfob in genuine tan leather gold embossed ‘ REAL LEATHER – MADE IN ENGLAND ‘

The keyring was made by the very well known Manhattan Windsor Co. of Birmingham who made some of the best quality car keyrings ever made .

The badge is interesting as it is a later production of an original badge design formerly used by CUD ( Castles Unit Development Co. ) of Leicester and

CUD used this badge design on their famous torpedo keyrings in the 1960s .

Melsom Products Ltd of Birmingham then used the same badge design in the late 1960s & early 1970s until they closed in the early to mid 1970s .

Probably Manhattan Windsor then bought the badge die when Melsoms ceased trading and adapted it for use with their own name cast onto the back of the badge .

The genuine tan leather keyfob is pressure embossed to give the appearance of pigskin leather .

This is something which Manhattan Windsor very commonly did – genuine pigskin leather had often been used for car keyrings for prestige marques such as Jaguar & Daimler in the late 1950s and early 1960s but had become very expensive by the 1970s .

This keyring is original & correct for use with any 1970s Daimler motor car and the one in the photos is the actual one which you will receive.