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SA Union: Third South African Grand Prix at East London Badge

SA Union: Third South African Grand Prix at East London BadgeSA Union: Third South African Grand Prix at East London Badge
Form: Irregular Pin-back
By: J.R. Gaunt, London.
Date: 1937
Ref:  Laidlaw: 1143;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
30.9 mm x 24.8 mmEnamelled & Gilded Bronze6.9 gm

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Curved enamelled ribbons defining the shape: "THIRD (green) / SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX (green) / EAST LONDON (yellow) / 1937 (green)".

Reverse: Pin-back. At the top: "J.R. GAUNT / LONDON" and bottom: "MADE IN / ENGLAND". In the middle stamps with number. This badge: "7048".

Notes: The first South African Grand Prix was held in in 1934 in the coastal city of East London. Eleven Grand Prix events were held in that city between 1934 and 1966 after which the circuit move to Kyalami near Johannesburg. Apartheid boycotts and the rising cost of hosting formula one events brought and end to the South African Grand Prix