Limited Edition "The Lucky" Pencil - Gold Vermeil

Yard-O-Led

£650

YARD-O-LED has remade its archive model ‘The Deco 34’, originally sold in 1930. This limited edition is an copy of the original pencil and in honour of the gold pencil which saved Lt Leslie March’s life in 1942. Available both in 925 solid sterling silver and gold vermeil, limited to 734 of each style – the number of Lt March’s dog tag when he served in The Second World War. Lt. March was one of the first to volunteer, joining the Royal Artillery as a private (No: 190734) and was commissioned in June 1941. Newlywed, he took his YARD-O-LED pencil – gifted by his wife Margot – with him. He wante

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as IMPERIAL YARD LIMITED, number 09433000. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Today in our Birmingham workshop, a small number of dedicated craftsmen assemble and decorate every one of Yard O Led's exquisite writing instruments by hand." Source.
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British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
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Where it is made
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