D S & S Lapel Badge - ID please

Trying to ID this lapel badge:

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Would it be to the 'Discharged/Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers'?

I know there was a 'National Federation Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers', about which there have bee a couple of threads, but I can't seem to pin this particular badge down:

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...45&postcount=2

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...s+and+Soldiers

With thanks,

Peter

[orasot]

Peter,
I thought these were Disabled Soldiers & Sailors, could be wrong though mate, I picked one up when we went to Stoneleigh that time, cheers mate,
Wilf.

[cga00]

Originally Posted by orasot

Peter,
I thought these were Disabled Soldiers & Sailors, could be wrong though mate, I picked one up when we went to Stoneleigh that time, cheers mate,
Wilf.

According to Martin Fuller in an article in Medal News (Feb 08), Disabled Soldiers & Sailors badge given by the RAOB (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes) prior to the institution of the silver war badge.
Regards, Craig

Wilf and Craig,

Many thanks for you help.

All the best

PJ

[Paul Burnham]

The 'National Federation Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers' was the pivotal organisation of the radical ex-servicemen's movement in Britain in 1917-21. This is a very fine example of their national badge, with its distinctive ivy leaf design. The Federation was often known as the DS&S (and its members were "discharged and seldom satisfied"). Fed members were known as 'Ivy Leafers', and the Fed had Ivy Leaf clubs in many towns in the early post WW1 period.

[carl pierce]

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I have had a couple of the D S & S BADGES but spotted this one and cant find out anything about this one