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Yesterday, came across these interesting 50s cuff links. Took me awhile to figure out the motif meaning. On the back of the links are R and L respectively. Once I saw that and looked again at the little lanterns in the corners, it said to me: One if by land; Two if by sea. Pretty cool, huh?
These were found at a local shop.
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Greetings from Philadelphia, AR8Jason! Aren't these fun? Found them for a customer of mine for her sweetie. There was a pair of sterling (what looked to me like) Sputnik 60s links at the same shop. She opted for these and I can't blame her.
DD@Phila
None on the Land/Sea and the Sputnik I'll have to check again and let you know. DD