Ray-Ban 12k GF Tru Green Shade 1/2 Bullet Hole Shooter Sunglasses
1 Vintage Ray-Ban 12k GF bullet hole shooters feature the 12k gold filled bullet hole frame c 1960s- early 1970s with very early Ray-Ban Tru Green Shade 1/2 lenses, early Bausch & Lomb Ray-Ban mineral glass lenses which were a beautiful shade of green that was lighter and produced earlier than the later and far more common B&L Ray-Ban G-15 gray-green lenses. Vintage Ray-Ban bullet hole shooter sunglasses are an icon of modern sunglasses design, full of innovation including the center ring "bullet hole", the "General" brow bar, shooter or "outdoorsman" ear stems for the most secure fit possible, and of course the famous Bausch & Lomb Tru Green lenses. To produce these frames, gold was permanently bonded to premium grade steel which was specially alloyed for both strength and malleability. The bullet hole and the brow bar were both designed to improve balance on the face for hunters and shooters, an innovation that's stood the test of time and continued to be seen on many Ray-Ban sunglasses of the 1970s - 1990s. The unisex Ray-Ban 12k GF frame measures approximately 5.5" temple to temple, and the 62mm Tru-Green lenses measure approximately 2.5" a 2.0" at the widest points.The top of the nose bridge is impressed B&L 1/10 12k GF or Ray-Ban B&L 1/10 12k GF depending on the exact year of production which meant that 1/10 of the metal in the frame - all in the exterior gold plating - was 12k gold. Rare.
Item VS476-1 / Price: $385.00
2 Vintage Ray-Ban bullet hole shooters with the rare and early Bausch & Lomb Tru Green Shade 1/2 lenses are identical in all aspects of size and appearance but were produced c mid to late 1970s when Bausch & Lomb ceased the use of the 12k GF mark, now impressing the top of the nose bridge B&L Ray-Ban USA.
Item VS476-2 / Price: $345.00
3 Go back to the 1950s with these very early Ray-Ban Tru Green Shade 1/2 bullet hole shooters with the earliest bakelite brow bar, an innovative plastic of the Art Deco period first developed in the 1920s and 1930s. Otherwise identical in size and appearance, they are impressed either B&L 1/10 10k GF on top of the nose bridge. Very rare.
Item VS476-3 / Price: $425.00
Please Note: All of these selections are at least 50 years old and so while in outstanding condition - and we pay the most attention to the lenses - they are going to show some age as will anything from this era that's not countefeit. It's part of the allure of owning such a piece of history that you can wear!
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