Range Rover – vitreous enamel badge mounted onto a new keyfob in black pigskin leather

Three relatively new vitreous enamel Range Rover keyfob badges which will have been produced in Birmingham within the last few years which we have mounted onto new keyfobs in black pigskin leather as can be seen in the photos .

These are NOT original vintage badges – they will have been produced just a few years ago and are not to be confused with original vintage badges – these badges were made much later.

We have just these three keyrings with these badges to offer  – when all three have been sold this listing will be cancelled.

We used to occasionally see vitreous enamel Range Rover badges like these a few years ago – but they now seem scarce and these are the only ones we have seen recently .

Superb quality ‘old school’ vitreous enamel badges like these were produced in Birmingham  – ‘MADE IN ENGLAND’ marked on the reverse of the badges and were available up until quite recently .

Sadly vitreous enamel badges like these are apparently no longer produced in England .

New reproduction badges will now usually be produced in modern resin based enamel – not vitreous enamel like these – and are most unlikely to have ‘MADE IN ENGLAND’ marked on the reverse as these badges have because they are no longer made in England .

We have mounted the badges onto new keyfobs in genuine black pigskin leather .

The badges are small so these are relatively small keyrings measuring 3.30″ ( 85mm ) in total height including the splitring . Width is 1.2″ ( 30mm )

They are bonded rather than being hand stitched .

Pigskin leather was ( and is ) a luxurious material which was occasionally used for keyfobs ( almost always for prestige cars )

It was always expensive and was prized for it’s appearance and hard wearing characteristics and was ideal for keyfobs which do receive a lot of handling .

Pigskin leather seems to be a thing of the past and very difficult to find in the grade needed for making keyfobs – the material which we have was sourced from a closed Midlands factory which had been using it for covering hip flasks and making wallets and keyrings .

Maybe one day in the future beautiful quality vitreous enamel badges like these will once again be made in England ……………………..but the areas where the workshops once stood have now generally been built over with housing estates and the craftsmen with their knowledge and skills have gone .