1914 ELEY BROTHERS LTD. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS ENAMEL LAPEL BADGE
A rare blue and gold enamel lapel badge by Fattorini Bradford with .303 cartridge depiction and '1914 Eley Brothers Ltd. Government Contractors', with maker's name to reverse.
Description
The Eley Brothers were British maunfacturers of firearm cartridges, founded by Charkes and William Eley in London in the 1820s. Its Angel Road factory produced over 200 million .303 cartridges during WWI and developed pioneering munitions for aircraft.
