An assortment of promotional and advertising badges and pins, primarily dating from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The lot includes a variety of automotive, aviation, and corporate branding items. The automotive selection features a Mattel Hot Wheels button badge for the Custom Barracuda marked Hong Kong, a Lotus racing car lithographed tin badge with Baked Beans and HP text, a Flyers Racing Club button depicting a yellow race car, a Castrol promotional button, and a small red race car pin numbered 37. Aviation and industrial items consist of an Aer Lingus One-Eleven jet button badge in green and white, a United Arab Airlines brass-tone pin, and two Cleveland button badges featuring the corporate logo. The collection also includes four metal tab badges for Avis car rental, each featuring the We Try Harder slogan translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch. A small gold-tone shield-shaped pin is also present. The items are composed of lithographed tin, celluloid-covered metal, and stamped or enamelled base metals.
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