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Name:Famous All Over The World
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1930's; 1940's; 1950's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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On David Palk’s “Classic frame builders - Claud Butler” page on the Classic Lightweights web site, Mick Butler added this description;
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Name:Pre-war Continental Club
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1930's; 1940's; 1950's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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A version of the Olympic ring badge has been seen on earlier models and was referenced on Pg16 of the 1939 catalogue on the Continental Club
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Name:Flat metal olympic head badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1940's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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Found on a March 1949 Olympic Path, believed to be a short run first type metal head badge from late 1948 to mid 1949 only before being replaced with the more familiar embossed badge. 

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Name:Clapham head badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1940's; 1950's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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Repro on the head of a 1949 Sport Anglais, I don’t know why some frames had this badge rather than a metal one, perhaps customer choice? It also is used extensively as a seat tube transfer up until the bankruptcy in 1956.

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Name:Cast Aluminium
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1950's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights
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This head badge found on a 1952 Massed Start is interesting on two counts, 1st its cast in an aluminium/alloy rather than pressed tin, 2nd the rings are in yet another colour configuration (yellow top right) the badge is very light and has fine cast detail, perhaps reserved for the very top of the range model such as the Massed Start?

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Name:Embossed metal olympic head badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1950's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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Found on a February 1955 Tour of Britain, I believe this embossed badge was the version produced from late 1949 till Claud Butler went bust in 1956, note the yellow ring bottom left. As apposed to the Holdsworth and later, reproduction versions which have the yellow ring top left.

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Name:Padiham Lancashire shop badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1950's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights
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Found on a 50's Claud that had been shop refurbished in Lancashire. 
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Name:Holdsworth plain 'works' badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1950's; 1960's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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Holdsworth’s version of the CB Works Clapham badge, without the white address panel. Found on a 1961 Super Coureur as a seat tube badge, believed to have been a short run used from 1958 to approximately 1962.

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Name:1st Holdsworth - Claud Butler Embossed Olympic Headbadge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1950's; 1960's; 1970's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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Holdsworth version of the famous Claud Butler embossed metal badge, with the yellow ring top left. Belived to been longest running head badge from 1958 till late 70's
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Name:2nd Holdsworth - Claud Butler Olympic badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1960's; 1970's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights, Track / Fixed Gear
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Repro on the seat tube of a 1969 Electron Superfive, Pre-dates the later sticker where Holdsworth replaced the yellow ring with another red one (to save on ink?) believed to have first appeared in 1962 (*nkilgariff) and lasted until the mid 70’s predominantly as a seat tube crest.

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Name:3rd Holdsworth - Claud Butler Olympic badge
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1970's; 1980's
Found On:Vintage Lightweights
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Headbadge from a 1981 Claud Butler Italia.

Appeared in the mid 70's losing the yellow & blue Olympic rings to reduce it to a 4 colour print. appeared on head and seat tubes, Last badge used in the '80s before Holdsworth was bought out by Falcon. 


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Name:Marlboro/Falcon version
Brand:Claud Butler
Country:England
Years:1980's
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Here is an original example of the last Claud Butler “Olympic rings” this was found on a 1987 Cape Wrath MTB built by Falcon. The badge is a version originally created by the previous owner of the brand, Holdsworth. But when the ownership transferred to Marlboro late 1985 in the Midlands, the ‘London’ from the ‘London England’ was dropped. The badge continued after Falcons takeover early 1987 and I believe survived until sometime mid 1988.

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