LOT 32

A superb cased display of Brooklands Automobile Racing Club and Brooklands Aero/Flying Club car badges, lapel badges and ephemera,

Sold for £12,160 inc. premium

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Lot 32

A superb cased display of Brooklands Automobile Racing Club and Brooklands Aero/Flying Club car badges, lapel badges and ephemera,

Goodwood Revival: Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia|19 September 2026, 10:30 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

A superb cased display of Brooklands Automobile Racing Club and Brooklands Aero/Flying Club car badges, lapel badges and ephemera,

the wooden case with 'Brooklands' etched glass door opening to reveal five car badges: four by Spencer of London comprising:- 130MPH BARC badge presented to R L Duller engraved with driver's name and 1 6 36 (sic) to rear, (some chips and wear to enamel); 120MPH BARC badge presented to A. Esson-Scott engraved with driver's name and 19.10.35 to rear, (some chips and wear to enamel); an early BARC member's badge, number 25, (worn with some surface scratching to enamel) and a Brooklands Aero-Club member's badge, numbered 436; each 9.8cm high, mounted in a wooden display block with a Brooklands Flying Club badge by H A Shelley & Co, number 43 (some loss to enamel and lettering sections later painted dove grey, 11.2cm high; the backboard of the display fitted with hanging member's and guests enamel lapel badges for 1907-1915, two rare Ivoreen plastic badges for 1916, further hanging member's and guests enamel lapel badges for 1920-1939, single member's badges for 1940-1942; two Brooklands staff 'diamond' lapel badges by Lewis (Badges) Ltd of Birmingham for MARSHAL and OBSERVER; a 1907 Birmingham hallmarked silver and enamel 'F' lapel badge; three rare committee member's lapel badges for 1936, 1937 and 1938; a 1939 NAC, SCFC and CPFC Brooklands member's lapel badge; Brooklands Aero Club enamel lapel badges for 1933-1938 and Brooklands Flying Club lapel badges for 1939 and 1940, display mounted with period ephemera including Aviation Ground 1913-14 Season Ticket, admission tickets, hanging passes and transfers to Fork Stand, a Brooklands Employee Pass No 61 for 1934 for Hawker Aircraft Ltd employee W Stead (worn and folded); a Vickers Armstrong brass tag numbered 36 5100 and ; the door of the cabinet applied with a cast Brooklands Motors Saint Christopher plaque, the cabinet, wired for illumination, 101 x 63 x 18cm overall, complete with key and engraved plaque (loose).

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