{"id":2304,"date":"2026-06-13T09:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T19:08:34","slug":"dowding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/2026\/06\/13\/dowding\/","title":{"rendered":"Dowding a Battle of Britain Bear Adopted \u00a3135.50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/unoAAeSwf55qLmhC\/s-l1600.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-48b86d913bbf20ed9e67690bb986a1b2\">UK Shipping included<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please meet a very sweet RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight tribute Bear called Dowding who&#8217;s is awaiting adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This little bear is number 3787 in the Bears of Bath Series and comes with a signed and numbered Bears of Bath certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is approx 10 inches in height and made from lovely luxury golden brown faux fur. This bear has been created from a brand new design. He is fully cotterpin jointed with English 14mm black Glass Eyes, accented with white fabric. He is filled with dense stuffing for extra weight. This little bear has a felt airbrushed nose : )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wears a beautifully detailed and removable BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) Display Team flight suit. The suit features the BBMF crest, union jack and RAF wings logo badges, with a zip fastening and velcro. To finish the outfit is an under layer featuring stripes and &#8216;lest we forget&#8217; above a spitfire.. He also has vintage RAF poster designs on his foot pads which have been printed by myself onto cotton fabric.<br>This uniform has been purchased directly from the RAF association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has fabric ear pads, which have been aged using airbrushed raw ochre acrylic paint.<br>He has an embroidered fabric Bears of Bath 2026 label sewn into his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This little bear is entirely hand sewn and from a pet and smoke free home and only the best quality materials have been used in making this little bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bears of Bath is a member of the Guild of Master Bear Crafters<br>&amp; a finalist of the British Bear Artist Awards 2007 and 2010. Bears of Bath has also appeared in Teddy Bear Times and this edition of the Teddy Bear Annual..<br>Bears of Bath has just won 1st prize in the Miniature Undressed Section of the British Bear Artists Award 2011<br>Please note this is a collectors bear and is therefore not suitable for children under 14 years old .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bears of Bath is a proud member of the British Toymaker&#8217;s Guild.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Shipping included Please meet a very sweet RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight tribute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/unoAAeSwf55qLmhC\/s-l1600.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-bears"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":0,"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions\/0"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bearsofbath.co.uk\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}