Posted 8 years ago
GeodeJem
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When I was a young boy I would go potato picking to raise some money during the summer holidays with my brothers. It was in the early day of the R A F's Harrier Jump jets and I would watch with wonder as they bombed a local range and did their tricks.
So anything do with the RAF has always delighted me. Today in a charity shop I found this condiment table ware set wit the RAF crest.
I've often heard of Mappin & Webb but never found something reasonably priced to buy. So I today I found this table set and I was delighted.
Its dated 1957 and its a shame its not silver.
Such a neat condiment table set. The RAF logo really makes this a very cool piece!
It's lovely!!! A great find for you!
Hi,
Beautiful!
AM Crown mark is Air Ministry mark with Queen`s crown, indicating it was made by special order by Air Ministry and officially belonged to it.. Every RAF item had the crown (either King`s or Queen`s crown) and AM.
Air Ministry existed until 1964.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Ministry
Take a look here:
http://picclick.fr/Original-WW2-British-RAF-Air-Ministry-AM-Flying-131914851532.html
http://picclick.co.uk/WW-2-Original-1940-AM-Air-Ministry-RAF-381726203165.html
http://picclick.co.uk/pre-WW2-RAF-Air-Ministry-Pliers-1931-with-131917363538.html
http://www.historicflyingclothing.com/en-GB/ww2-raf/raf-a-m-mae-west-ditching-whistle/prod_14428#.V_TdA_l97IU
Cheers