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Thank you for the compliment Jay.

I have great hope for these badges If I can find the right buyer, they are (as my father would of said) as “rare as hens teeth”

Everytime I go out scavenging always buy sure fire “winners” when I see them, however If things are cheap I always buy some “wild cards” if the price is right for “Failure is Success If We Learn From It” and if they dont or are worth nothing I just put them on my stall at the flea market (car boot sale) and recoupe some or all of the cost.

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Size is 1″ x 5″

The Swan One is in fact a box of English matches that I used for scale, something virtually everyone in the UK would recognise, sorry my mistake !

Maybe I should have thought this through a little more when I took the photo and included a rule as a guide doh !! lesson learnt

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I cant find anything they match in the UK either, maybe they aren’t from trucks ? Or maybe they are prototypes

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Hi Jay

Your not wrong about the links in the description, I am sitting here now editing them out one by one. Its like putting toothpaste back in a tube !

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Thanks for your reply Ryanne, I am going to ring them in the morning to double check I will let you know what they say.

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Just imagine being on the receiving end !

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Update

I have just derusted this item and have found the name Evans and Co. London on the inside of the handle. With a little research with Mr Google I found that they were surgical intruments makers in London from 1676 to 1874. Looking at it again I think it could be for removing bullets, musket balls, or even arrows from some poor unfortunate ! Ouch thats got to smart.

I found it at a garage sale last month in Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk for 50p ! I always buy unusual looking tools if they are rusty and cheap.

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Thanks Olive mmm does anyone have an idea of date ?

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Fantastic A Ferguson Elbow Spanner !! I will list it next week, tractor spanners always sell well.

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I have the answer its a TILE CUTTER/NIBBLER !!

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Cigars – seems a bit heavy duty

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No parts are missing, it just a very simplified version of a plane. I have checked under both of the handles for any markings but can’t see anything. I think I will clean the corrosion off the sides tomorrow to see if anything is stamped on the sides.

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Hi from the U.K.

My aim is a minimum sale of appx. £24.99 and a 4 to 1 cost ratio i.e. pay £6 sell for £25. This works for me.

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I think it a tool for pressing a pattern into leather possibly book binding or leather desk tops ?

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