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09-06-2020 06:50 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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Robin,
I've never seen one of these before but I think you are on the right track.
I was only 10 when the movie came out but I do remember that when we bought
our tickets to see it, all of us kids were given miniature plastic PLMs. However I think
that they were gold colored and not silver and had a ribbon ring, not pin back.
I wish that I would have kept mine. --Anyway, point being is that the movie company
did have PLM items made.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
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No idea what it is but being made of silver and hallmarked, I'm sure it wasn't made just as a trinket. The "movie" connection is more plausible.
"Please", Thank You" and proper manners appreciated
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Never seen one before. How interesting.
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In my opinion, the pin is a broch and has nothing to do with the Movie. The maker stamp is AMICO, American Military Insignia Company, that was in business from 1910 to the late 1970’s. The two points that bother me with respect to the movie prop theory are, the badge is a pin-back, whereas the medal was worn around the neck. But if it were a theatrical costume prop, the pin-back might have been a concealed method to hold it in pace at the actor’s neck. The second point is that the medal under discussion is, in appearance, terribly inaccurate, the real PLM was gold, while this one is silver. A lesser point, and possibly irrelevant, is that Robin says the medal we are looking at is about an inch across, whereas an original is 40 CM; slightly over 1.5 inch. I pretty sure that if it were a costume part, it would have been more accurately made. Accurate reproductions have been available on the open market since the 1960’s for about $15. The Broach was probably sold for about the same time for about that price.
Robin is correct that the film was shot in Ireland, specifically at Ardmore Studios. But that alone does not support the conclusion that it was a costume prop for the movie. I don’t like to swim against the tide, but I really don’t think this copy was a part of the movie. I think it is a piece of costume (not theatrical) jewelry, made at the same time the movie came out, with the purpose to capitalize on the public interest the film created in the Pour Le Mérit. You may now beat me about the head and shoulders. Dwight
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