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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 69061, member: 54"]My WAG on "why was this seal made" is that it may have been a reward token offered for donations to RSPCA of say over 100 L sterling. The org looks like it is very aggressive at fundraising, and might have been doing something like PBS TV stations do during "special" programs-offer some kind of program-related stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here whenever the PBS affiliate reruns the 9000-hour segments on the history of Blenko Art Glass, each segment is punctuated by one-hour testimonials by faintly well-known but bored people, standing before dozens of volunteers in a rather quiet phone bank, trying to act excited about how contributors can get their very own limited-edition of a Blenko glass piece, and better pieces for higher donations.</p><p><br /></p><p>RSPCA may have advertised such a campaign in print news media since I'm sure the fob was made long before TV.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 69061, member: 54"]My WAG on "why was this seal made" is that it may have been a reward token offered for donations to RSPCA of say over 100 L sterling. The org looks like it is very aggressive at fundraising, and might have been doing something like PBS TV stations do during "special" programs-offer some kind of program-related stuff. Here whenever the PBS affiliate reruns the 9000-hour segments on the history of Blenko Art Glass, each segment is punctuated by one-hour testimonials by faintly well-known but bored people, standing before dozens of volunteers in a rather quiet phone bank, trying to act excited about how contributors can get their very own limited-edition of a Blenko glass piece, and better pieces for higher donations. RSPCA may have advertised such a campaign in print news media since I'm sure the fob was made long before TV.[/QUOTE]
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