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Auction: 14017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 547

Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd., a specimen certificate for 25 shares of £1, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, 19[--], printer's annotation for 1907, very attractive piece with vignettes of warship, naval gun, and field gun, green and black, stamped specimen in no. box and signature area, annotation at top left, good very fine and rare.

Formed originally in 1828 as a steel foundry, the company went on to produce many items for the Royal Navy from the "Naval Construction Yard" at Barrow, having acquired The Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1897, along with the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunitions Company. The company later moved into producing armaments such as the Maxim machine gun, and various aircraft for the Royal Air Force.

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Estimate
£350 to £400