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Vintage Olympic Drums - Badges

	Do any of you have any information about these badges ?  If so please e-mail us with any info. Thanks.
	1930's style premier badge. Model type was listed in the name bar. Shown with Wonder Finish.		1937-39 Premier Olympic badge, Thanks to Mike Ellis and "Sir" Alan Buckley for this picture.
	Later 1950's badge which was metal foil on cardboard which do not age too well.		Early 1950's Brass Badge fitted to all drums except Discus Snare Drums
	This badge was fitted to drums from 1961-69 (approx). Oval Silver on Black badge also fitted to drums 1961-69 (approx)		Cardboard transition badge fitted to drums between 1959 and 1960 approx, many have seen better days but this one has survived well
	'69-'79 Badge (approx)		Super Olympic badge '76-'77.
	Close-up of Oyster finish, showing badge fitted to USA drums.		Close-up of USA badge, showing the association with Olympic and Premier.
	1960's bass drum logo.  A smaller logo was fitted to drums pre 1966.		Olympic Bass drum logo used on drums in the 1970's.
	Super Olympic Bass Drum Logo - 1976.		Premier catalogue banner
	Many thanks to Carl Pettman for sending us this picture of an adhesive foil type badge that was on a 60's kit he recently purchased. First time we have ever seen one of these, were these used if there were no metal badges left?
	Pictured here are a pair of Olympic cufflinks in good condition. These are listed in the catalogues of the 1960's and I doubt there can be many left now!
	When the first Discus snare drums were launched the shells were only 3.5 inches deep which made it difficult to fit a badge so a rubber stamp (the same as the real badge) was put inside the shell.