
Martin de Ruyter
Spitfire Pendant
$99.00
Each one unique and handmade in Nelson by Martin de Ruyter
New Zealand Coin Spitfire, Sterling Silver Chain
Spitfire approx. 2.5 x 2cm, Sterling Silver Chain 23cm
"My late grandfather James Fisher taught me how to shape coins into the shape of Spitfire fighter aircraft.
Jim, then a 15-year old boy in war-torn England, fashioned these brooches from English coins. He made them during tea breaks while building real Spitfires for the RAF in an aircraft factory near his home in Swindon.
I use non-legal New Zealand coins.
My grandfather met my grandmother in the same spitfire factory where she too was employed during World War II.
I use my grandfathers, great grandfathers and great great grandfathers tools."
- Martin de Ruyter