Mercedes Benz - original vintage 1970s? vitreous enamel keychain

Just 2 of these keychains left in stock .

Original vitreous enamel badge Mercedes Benz keychains which we would think will have been produced in the 1970s .

These will have been produced earlier than the later copies in modern resin based enamel which Mercedes Benz issued within the last few years .

We have 3 examples to offer – when all 3 have been sold this listing will be cancelled.

These keychains are all in excellent condition and could well be new old stock having never been used – it is unusual that 3 have all turned up together .

The vitreous enamel double badges are connected to the clasps by means of a few links of chain .

The metalwork is gilt plated and this has mellowed over the years in storage as gilt plating usually does .

The badges are in ‘old school ‘ vitreous enamel …………..Mercedes Benz did fairly recently issue modern reproductions of these keychains but these have badges in modern resin based enamel with a different style of clasp or just a splitring .

The clasps open as shown to allow key(s) to be attached.

The earliest version of this keychain was made by the well known German badgemaker PREISSLER PFORZHEIM – we have seen photos of one of these and also a few original BMW badges made by this firm.

As the keychains in this listing do not bear this name we would assume they have not been made by PREISSLER PFORZHEIM and will date from a later period – most probably 1970s .