Military Badge Torque Necklace Toys An iconic vintage cartoon cat

An iconic vintage cartoon cat character with red body and suspended from a hoop of vivid orange beads makes a super bag charm

The cat can also be removed and worn separately as a brooch

The blue beads are apatite

I couldn't help but bring it home to see if I could reinvent it somehow

Military Badge Torque Necklace Toys An iconic vintage cartoon catThere is something about badges that really appeals to me. I've tidied and updated this one which pre dates the 1955 period with a backing and edged with small beads. It's now a pendant to this round torque style necklace. The badge is a British Tanker Company officer's cap badge and it features the house flag of the oil company (a St George's cross with a bluey green diamond). It is surmounted by a passant guardan lion. It is constructed using gold