County Badge Collection

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County Badge Collection

Series information :

Date of issue : 1974
Number of cards : 20

The series has been issued by several companies in the UK. The front of the cards was the same. The reverse shows a description of the arms and the logo of the company. The descriptions are identical for the companies.

Front
Lyons Maid
Tonibell
Mister Softee

Companies

Lyons Maid was a UK based tea and icecream company. The company has issued a large number of cards, the first in 1926. After WWII the company started again and issued cards until 1984.
Tonibell was an ice cream company from Basildon, founded as Tonis in 1937 by Italian born Toni Pignatelli and his wife. The company sold their icecream from vans all over the country.
Mister Softee is a US-based company, also selling ice cream from vans.