This VERY UNUSUAL and RATHER LARGE A.A. member's Kiosk Key is LARGER than all other examples I have previously owned, sold or EVER SEEN

ONE ONLY available

I will have many other AA and RAC keys to list over the coming weeks BUT NOT ANOTHER that is THIS LARGE

Roadside emergency call boxes AKA "Kiosks") were installed in the early part of the 20th Century by the two great British motoring organisations, the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) and the Automobile Association (AA).

The RAC was formed as the Automobile Club in 1897 (it got its “Royal” in 1907) to promote “the rights and best interests of motorists”.

The AA was founded a few years later, in 1905 “to consider ways to overcome the perceived police oppression of early motorists and their use of speed-traps”.

While both organisations ended up offering very similar services to their members, the subtle difference in outlook still characterised them years later.

Back in the early 20th Century, with cars still virtually experimental and far from reliable, one of the major problems was car breakdowns.

Both the AA and RAC deployed large numbers of patrolmen (and it seems they were all men) around the country.

Initially the AA’s priority was detecting speed traps and warning AA members of their presence.

Both AA and RAC patrolmen were supposed to salute members of their organisations, identifiable by a metal badge affixed to front of their cars, and failure to salute indicated to the motorist that something – usually an imminent speed trap – was amiss. The practice ended in the 1960s......BUGGER :-(

We will always HAPPILY COMBINE Items into ONE parcel for the ONE postage cost