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Old 31-05-18, 07:48 PM
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have you any idea about this badge ? Thank you
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Old 31-05-18, 07:57 PM
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Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.

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Old 31-05-18, 08:26 PM
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Thank you for your very prompt reply. Has this organisation had a role during the World Wars ?
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Old 01-06-18, 07:10 AM
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If you google it you will see a lot of information.

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Small aside. I was given an example of this when I was 8 by our next door neighbour who had actually been a member of the Guild.

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Old 01-06-18, 08:03 PM
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Very interesting history. The first time I find this badge at a French dealer

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