RMS TITANIC Gold and Enamel Pin Badge From RARE 1912 White Star Line original
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This beautifully made, gold-plated RMS Titanic pin lapel badge is based a rare White Star Line original. Souvenir pin lapel badges / brooches were sold aboard the Olympic class steamers RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic as well as lesser known vessels, e.g. RMS Adriatic , RMS Celtic , RMS Republic . Lovingly crafted with blue, red and white cloisonné enamel. LIMITED EDITION Comes in a presentation box embossed in gold with the White Star Line burgee. Size 1.5in diameter, two part with pin clasp . RMS Titanic was a British registered four funnelled ocean liner built in 1912 for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York. Constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland Titanic was, on her maiden voyage, the largest vessel afloat. On 10 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton, England with 2,200 passengers and crew, four days later the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank: 1500 people died and 700 survived. RMS Titanic carried 2207 people. People all ages, people of great wealth and of bitter poverty. Unsuspecting witnesses to an event they could never have envisaged THE BARBER'S SHOP WHERE SOUVENIRS LIKE THIS BADGE WERE SOLD After brief stops and Cherbourg and Queenstown she turned her head to the Atlantic ocean never to return. RMS Titanic was designed and constructed
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