An approx 2 inches long substantial bronze-look Beatles pendant / medallion featuring a beetle and the first names of all four members of the band. There don't appear to be any contemporary photos or ads of this item which would help date it, authenticate it, or identify a manufacturer. On balance, though, I think its very likely to be a UK-manufactured item from 1964 - give or take a year - and quite possibly an official item... See below for details.

Condition: excellent.

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Details:

The beetle is exactly the same design (and size) as the one that features on four of the five panels of the Beatles bracelet that was approved by NEMS Enterprises Ltd in December 1963 and offered as a mail order item in the second edition of Fabulous magazine in January 1964. That's hardly a coincidence.

The licence for the bracelet was secured by the magazine's publishers, Fleetway, who obviously didn't make it themselves... It's likely the manufacturers who they commissioned also made this medallion / pendant. Maybe as part of the same commission at the same time, and for soem reason Fleetway decided to go with the bracelet rather than the pendant? 

Pic 5 is an ad for the Fabulous bracelet, pic 6 shows the bracelet in full. Pic 7 compares an isolated beetle from the bracelet (top) with an isolated beetle from the pendant (bottom) to show that they have the same striped wing cases, and that the length and positioning of their legs and feelers is identical. (Pics 5-7 are included for info only and are not part of this auction.)

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