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71/4
Collection
Description
A circular brass lapel badge with a pin. It depicts a tractor ploughing a field in the centre and has a red enamel rim which carries the inscription, ‘AGRICULTURE ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION’.
Physical description
1 badge: metal (brass)
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 March 2014 – The Reeves Collection was donated by R. & J. Reeves and Son Ltd. of Bratton Iron Works near Westbury, Wiltshire. The firm, which manufactured agricultural machinery, was well-established by 1849, and went into final receivership in 1970, when the Collection was donated to MERL. Bratton Iron Works was demolished in 1973. A detailed list of all of the objects in the Collection can be found in the accession file for 70/235. Records relating to the firm can be found in the MERL Archives, reference TR REE.
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