Material: Gilt brass with blue and light blue vitreous enamel
Diameter: 27 mm
Description: This historic circular pin features a beautifully rendered golden horse and rider in relief, set against a stunning translucent sky-blue enamel backing with radiating sunburst guilloché patterns. Encircling the central equestrian vignette is a rich, dark violet-blue enamel border displaying the gilded uppercase inscription "INSTITUTE OF THE HORSE • PONY CLUB". The entire layout is safely secured within a scalloped, ornate golden outer framework accented with stylized flower crests. Flip the piece over to find the authentic manufacturing stamp of the prestigious metalworkers at Thomas Fattorini Ltd of Regent Street, Birmingham.
Circa: Mid 20th Century
Notes:
Early Pony Club badge issued under the Institute of the Horse (founded 1929, later merged into the British Horse Society in 1947). This is one of the first enamel badges awarded to members before the organization adopted the BHS Pony Club name post-war.