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LOT 2051
Anti-Nuclear Power Vintage Pin Badge Collection
CIRCA 1960S A.D. AND LATER
1 /4 - 2 1/8 in. (38 grams total, 31-55 mm).
Including Socialist Workers Party 'Workers Power Not Nuclear Power', 'Students Against Nuclear Energy' 'I'm In Sane' and other types. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a S.W. London gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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