Honda motorcycle – original 1970s red vitreous enamel badge remounted onto a new leather keyfob

An original Honda keyfob badge  which will have been produced in the 1970s which we have remounted onto a new leather keyfob as can be seen in the photos .

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

We don’t often list original 40 + year old Honda motorcycle keyfob badges in this condition .

This vitreous enamel badge is in mint condition and we have remounted it onto a new keyfob in full grain black leather .

The last time which we listed and sold a similar badge in red enamel was in July 2023 .

Just ahead of the leading edge of the wing at 9 0’clock on the edge of the badge the enlarged high resolution listing photos have picked up a tiny ‘ pin hole’ in the enamel .

This will have been there since the badge was made and will have been a tiny air bubble in the liquid vitreous enamel as it solidified having been taken out of the furnace .

In the 1970s these vitreous enamel keyfob badge were often still being laid by hand and ‘ flaws’ like this were common .

Hardly a ‘flaw’……………it simply sets the badge apart from modern mass produced boringly identical badges with plastic resin enamel !

It is hardly noticeable when the badge is viewed at life size.

The badge is marked ‘ BRITISH MADE ‘  on the reverse .

In the 1970s almost all car & motorcycle keyrings were produced in England – it was quite an industry .

The original Honda motorcycle keyrings and keyfob badges which we see are often damaged or worn  – they were used on open motorcycles in all weathers and suffered accordingly .

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