Lancia – original vintage 1970s keyring with acrylic badge mounted onto a genuine leather keyfob

An original Lancia keyring which we would think will have been produced during the 1970s or possibly early 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 looks as though it may never have been used.

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

The keyfob has been bonded with a strong adhesive rather than being stitched together which was a method often used at the time but the keyfob has ‘simulated’ ( a posh word for ‘imitation ‘ ! ) stitching marked out around the edge of the leather keyfob .

This keyring 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 Lancia 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’ – and this keyring was quite ‘upmarket’ as it does have a genuine leather keyfob rather than an imitation leather one which was more usual .

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 .