RARE !!! WW1 LUCKY CHARM, "FUMS UP" GOLD PLATED BODY WITH ARTICULATING ARMS, "TOUCH" WOODEN HEAD

"FUMS UP" WORLD WAR 1, GOLD PLATED LUCKY CHARM

SHIPPING AND HANDLING R65.00

GREAT FIND !!!!  THESE LITTLE ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN CHARMS, "FUMS UP" WERE INTRODUCED BY THE VICTORIANS.....THEN BECAME VERY POPULAR DURING WORLD WAR 1, THEY WERE TRINKETS GIVEN TO SERVICEMEN GOING OFF TO FIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR, USUALLY BY THEIR SWEETHEARTS.....THIS ONE HAS A GOLD PLATED BODY APPARENTLY OVER BRASS ? HIS ARTICULATED ARMS  CAN REACH UP AND TOUCH HIS WOODEN HEAD....THE FRONT OF HIS HEAD HAS A 4 LEAF CLOVER IMPRINTED ONTO HIS FOREHEAD, THE BACK OF HIS HEAD HAS THE WORDS "FUMS UP" AND HIS CHEST IS MARKED FUMS UP AS WELL,.....THIS ONE HAS MISSING EYES WHICH WERE OFTEN FITTED WITH A BIRTH GEMSTONE.....I HAVE INCLUDED 3 TINY GENUINE RUBIES THAT YOU COULD HAVE FITTED, TWO AND A SPARE SHOULD YOU LOSE ONE !!! THE OWNER WOULD  "TOUCH WOOD"  FOR GOOD LUCK !!!  NOTE THE LITTLE CUPIE WINGS TO THE FEET.....CONDITION VERY GOOD ANTIQUE, HE HAS A REGISTRATION MARK ON HIS BACK RD6336612    LENGTH 3cm. 

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SOLD OCTOBER, 2016 ON EBAY FOR APPROX R4,000.00  WITH 29 BIDS