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FROM A SMALL COLLECTION OF ALUMINIUM ASHTRAYS MADE OUT OF THE PISTON FROM A ROLLS ROYCE AIRCRAFT ENGINE PISTON. PROBABLY MADE FOR A POLISH OR RAF OFFICER MESS OR SIMILAR.  135 MM WIDE, 24 MM TALL. MACHINED INTO THE FORM OF AN ASHTRAY WITH FOUR CIGARETTE BRACKETS. MARKED ” MADE IN ENGLAND” TO THE BASE. INSIDE ENGRAVED WITH CHURCHILL”S LEGENDARY 1940 “THE FEW” SPEECH, AND LOWER DOWN, ” MADE FROM A ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINE PISTON AS USED IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN – AUGUST – OCTOBER 1940″ CENTRE ENGRAVED WITH THE SQUADRON BADGE OF EXILED POLISH AIR FORCE FIGHTER SQUADRON 318. SHOWS SOME WEAR TO THE ENGRAVING FROM BEING WIPED TO EMPTY, AND SOME RANDOM STAINING.