CHURCHILL CUFFLINKS
2015 marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle
of Britain and the 50th of Winston Churchill’s
funeral and in commemoration London based
TMB Art Metal are launching a very special
design of cufflinks depicting Winston Churchill
made of 1940 Spitfire metal and which are
destined to find a special place in the hearts of
cigar aficionados.
The simple concept being to combine two Battle
of Britain icons – Churchill, who led Britain to
victory, and the Spitfire. Without doubt the most
famous icons of the Battle of Britain.
The legendary Supermarine Spitfire (along
with the less celebrated Hawker Hurricane)
provided the Royal Air Force’s defensive teeth to
repel Hitler’s mighty Luftwaffe, whilst Winston
Churchill, Prime Minister, led the country in its
fight for survival.
Churchill was an inspired orator and one of the
greatest contributions he made for the people of
Britain in 1940 was to stir their patriotism, resolve
and morale with his powerful and emotional
speeches.
There will be two variants: a version of the cuff
links made of aluminium with colour contrasting
cigars in bronze and a limited edition of just 50
pairs with busts of Churchill in bronze and cigars
in silver. In both cases the aluminium and bronze
is metal recovered from Spitfire X4276 KL-B,
legendary Royal Air Force ace Al Deere’s personal
Spitfire for the latter stages of the Battle of Britain
and 1940.
The master from which these originate was
meticulously hand sculpted and each Churchill
cufflink created in England using lost wax casting,
an ancient method employed to make the best
jewellery and sculpture. It’s a painstaking and at
times frustrating process, every piece being fettled,
polished and finished entirely by hand. Each is
unique, no two exactly alike. But the net result is
that these fully three dimensional cufflinks, which
are undoubtedly the finest Churchill inspired links
ever created, really are amazing pieces of wearable
sculptural art, made of Battle of Britain history.
Both versions are fitted with arms of sterling
silver. Cufflinks are supplied in very high quality
wooden cases with illustrated certificates of
provenance. The Spitfire aluminium cufflinks
are priced at £350, whilst the Spitfire bronze ones,
limited to just 50 pairs, are priced at £695.
More details are available on the web site
www.tmbartmetal.com
“
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our
duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the
British Empire and its Commonwealth
last for a thousand years, men will still
say, This was their finest hour.”
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