Peugeot – original vintage late 1960s/early 1970s Les Leston Accessories keyring with green & yellow vitreous enamel badge – collector’s item

An original Les Leston Accessories Peugeot keyring which will have been produced in the late 1960s or early 1970s .

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

This keyring is in really excellent condition – particularly considering that it is around 50 years old !

It can hardly have been used if in fact it has ever been used.

The nickel plated jewellery quality vitreous enamel badge is in virtually mint condition – quite remarkable after all these years .

The genuine black leather keyfob is also in excellent condition with the reverse of the keyfob gold embossed with Les Leston’s double ‘L’ logo .

This keyring will be original & correct for use with any 1960s or 1970s Peugeot .

Les Leston was a larger than life character who served in WWII as a mid-upper gunner in an Avro Lancaster bomber – unlike many of his colleagues he survived and then went on to embark on a career as a racing driver.

Originally racing a Jaguar SS100 he then went onto drive for Lotus and Aston Martin .

After escaping from a serious crash during a race at Caen in 1958 he went on to concentrate on developing his motorcar accessories business – Les Leston Accessories – which became very well known for marketing high quality motoring accessories in the 1960s and 1970s.

The range of accessories included steering wheels, gear lever knobs, mirrors, etc and also gloves and flame proof clothing .

Many of the accessories were aimed at Jaguar cars and owners and Bud Marston has devoted a couple of pages of his ‘Vintage Jaguar Keyrings’ book ( featured in our Jaguar section here in this website shop ) to describing the life & times of Les Leston together with descriptions of the products .

The keyring in the photos is the actual one which you will receive and is a splendid example of an original 1960s/ early 1970s Peugeot keyring .