AQUARIST & PONDKEEPER MAGAZINE (January 1953 issue) - promotional/fellowship enamel badge (1953)

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For sale is a fellowship enamel badge issued in 1953 by THE AQUARIST & PONDKEEPER magazine to promote the hobby of fishkeeping. With a printed token from the magazine, subscribers could buy one of these badges at a cost of 1s 9d each (1 shilling & 9 pence).

The badge features an angle fish and a shubunkin (a type of goldfish) along with the magazine's motto 'Aqua cunae vitae ager nobis', which roughly translates as 'Water, the cradle of life, is our field of study'.

This technical magazine was first published in 1928 and since has undergone some title changes. Today, it is still published as THE FISHKEEPER (for the Aquarist, Freshwater & Marine).

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 7/8" diameter (22.5mm).
Material(s): brass metal with 3 enamels.
Finish: chrome plated.
Fitting: pin.
Imprint: none.
Approximate age: 1953

CONDITION:
Excellent condition. No damage. Pin in working order.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

POSTAGE:
* Postage costs are extra, additional to the Asking Price.
* I always get a proof-of-posting certificate.
* I combine postage costs for multiple items when these are paid for and posted the same time.

RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postage costs are not refundable.
* Buyer pays the return postage costs - unless agreed otherwise.

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