wicked nice hotel key!!

[mojjax]

I found this key 2 years ago in an abandoned farmhouse here in Maine ... well it wasn't totally abandonded , there was a family of porcupines living there . I googled the Strand Hotel and it still exists . It was built in 1909 . I imagine they've changed the locks since then . The web site I went to said that several years ago , during excavations of WW 1 trenches in Normandy , an original Strand Palace Hotel room key was found and it is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London .
Mojjax

 

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[stoney56]

Probably a memento of a girl he once knew in the Big War. Who knows? Maybe room was rented out to Winston Churchill. LOL

 

[Getty]

Really cool!!

 

[Mona Lisa]

I love old keys like that. This one must have had a great story attached.

Thanks for posting.

 

[maxxChina]

you should contact the V&A museum. see if they can give you advice or the story behind their key! might fill you in a little on the history of yours...

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice find!

Wanna sell it!?

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[sidly]

That's really nice piece of history.

 

[mattjd]

Nice.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Wow, nice key and tag!!

 

[DugHoles]

WOW! That is tottaly cool....real nice job..............

GL & HH,

DugHoles
Upstate NY

 

[Leon]

Very nice!!! I love them old keys...
Could you imagine having to carry those around these days, with all the keys I have on my ring, my pockets would weigh 50 pounds... Good luck & Happy hunting~

 

[JARMAN]

Very nice find,Im with Maxx, I would like to see more on it.HH

 

[Einstein]

I agree you should surely contact the hotel, THey will be able to tell you something about it and what kind of room it opened. If one is in a museum then maybe they want that one as well! nice find its a beaut... I love the 1pound stamp impression on the back hehe I suppose that was their way of saying send it to us and we will pay the post office.

 

[cableman79]

We gotta know more! Did ya call yet? how bout now?

 

[mojjax]

I E-mailed the Hotel a picture and a few questions . I'll let you all know if they write back !
Mojjax

 

[Harley digs it]

Wow thats a keeper, I would say that they might want it back though. Wonder if they will still pay the postage lol.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

The Strand certainly is still there, and one of the most historic hotels around. That's a great collectable, probably worth ?250 on e-bay.uk., which is around $500.