However, the fact that they all had the
same level of dirt accumulated and similar rust on chains and rings, so I
suspect a single collection, found at different times but stored together? Typical of the
1970's; I remember having key rings like these, hooked on a jeans belt loop and
lost when doing something - probably dangerous - in the woods or up on the heath and breaking the
little PVC eye without noticing!
They are however all similar material, a
softish PVC and would mostly have been tourist stuff, even the pirate was
probably sold at seaside attractions of historic ship's gift shops?
Cleaned-up they are a nice group, one a
memento of Mexico (or somewhere in that part of the world), the comedy pirate
and three ceremonials. The beefeater proving for the third time this year why
you can never do the 'definitive' post on anything!
The highlander is basically the same as one
of the trio we saw earlier in the year (link), but from a different batch with
heavier eyes dotted-in and an alternate colour of flesh as the base PVC which
has been more carefully painted round the hands, the whole being quite
different, visually, from the previously-seen twin.
The guardsman is I think new on me,
although we may look at some others, despite working through the guards, I
don't think we've been to the back of the box where the novelty Guards are,
buried under the small scale cracker/gum-ball ones we looked at a while ago.
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