DESIRABLE~ROYAL AIR FORCE~SIGNED~BATTLE OF BRITAIN~MERLYN ENGINE PISTON~ASHTRAY

PLEASE NOTE.....ITEM AVAILABLE ONLY IN SOUTH AFRICA......POST TO ALL SA DESTINATIONS...........R34.

HERE WE HAVE ANOTHER UNUSUAL AND VERY COLLECTABLE ITEM...........UP FOR AUCTION IS THIS ALUMINUIM LOOKING ROYAL AIR FORCE "MERLYN" SPITFIRE PISTON PART FROM A ROLLS ROYCE ENGINE....WHICH HAS BEEN CONVERTED FOR USE AS AN ASHTRAY. THE PISTON ASHTRAY CARRIES THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CREST WITH THE KING'S CROWN AND HAS IMPRESSED TEXT WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS: "NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW" (WINSTON CHURCHILL) AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE ARE THE WORDS.....MADE FROM A ROLLS ROYCE "MERLYN" ENGINE PISTON AS USED IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN-AUGUST-OCTOBER 1940. THERE IS ALSO AN IMPRESSED SIGNATURE WHICH LOOKS A LOT LIKE WINSTON CHURCHILL. ASHTRAY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, JUST SOME LIGHT AGE TARNISH ON THE SURFACE WHICH WILL POLISH OUT. IMPRESSED UNDERNEATH...MADE IN ENGLAND. AS FAR AS VALUE FOR THOSE INTERESTED, SOME RESEARCH REVEALED ONE RECENTLY SOLD IN THE UK FOR A FAIRLY HIGH SUM.....SO MUST BE QUITE DESIRABLE AND PROBABLY QUITE RARE AS THERE WERE ONLY SO MANY PISTONS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.  ITEM MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 13,5CM DIAMETER AND ABOUT 2CM HIGH.

HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER FASCINATING, RARE, UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING CRAZY R1 COLLECTABLES THIS WEEK.....INCLUDING ANOTHER FINDAZ KEEPAZ MYSTERY ITEM...RATHER SPECIAL THIS ONE...HAVE A LOOK+++++++++