The St. Mungo Manufacturing Co. was one of the first licencees of the Haskell rubber core golf ball, patented at the turn of the century.

Famous St. Mungo golf balls, made in the late 1920's include:
The Click Colonel; The Crescent Colonel and The Arch Colonel.

Production of the Colonel golf balls in Scotland and New Jersey, USA ceased shortly before World War II.

This model was released with the full permission of Matchbox Collectibles, Tyco and is an official Code 2 release.
Production is limited to a maximum of 2,000 models.

St Mungo Manufacturing CompanyThe St Mungo Manufacturing Company took its name from Glasgow's patron saint and, by the end of the 19th century, described itself as a "gutta percha and golf-ball manufacturer" but made many other rubber items also.
St. Mungo was one of the first licensees of the Haskell patent rubber core ball in the UK. Prior to the 1920's as there were no regulations in place, the golf ball was made in varying combinations of sizes and weight. With this large variety of balls a player was able to choose a ball depending on the wind conditions, temperature and the course choice of the day. St. Mungo offered a complete line of Colonel golf balls for this purpose. Some of the large lightweight balls would actually float on water giving them the nickname 'floaters'. In 1935 St. Mungo were making 32 different models of ball.

The company was known for its own "Colonel" balls, the Click Colonel, the Arch, the Green Star, the Crescent, the Perfect, the Plus and the Red Star but, as Scotland's largest golf ball manufacturer, it also produced balls for around another 30 companies.


Scale: 1:40