Welsh Poppy Pin
 

Arrived this morning , have an ROI pin on its way ! :D

Also , someone on holiday in Malta picked me up an "RBL Malta G.C. Branch" pin.

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Mike, Both are really nice pins!!! And very nice of the person going to Malta to pick that one up for you. This forum is living evidence of the goodness that still exists in the world!!!:)

Terry

ROI 2022 Pin
 

Todays arrivals !

ROI 2022 Pin and Kiwi Fern "100 Years" Pin. :D

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Have received Irish & Welsh pins via Mike V (thanks Mike)

But still looking for 2022 Manchester Bee (if one has been issued) and a London Poppy Day (LPD) pin

Poppy Time !
 

These three Poppies just arrived , one is pre 1987 (no leaf) and the other two date to between 1987 (when leaves returned) and 1994 (when “Poppy Appeal” replaced “Haig Fund”).

NB. These poppies do not have the 'button hole hook' on the plastic stem.

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Isle of Man
 

Finally got hold of a 2014 IOM motorbiker ! :D

Arrived today from Ukraine ! :eek:

I think I now have all the "official" bikes issued by the IOM , six plus MC/Sidecar , and five of the poppy/triskelion ones.

Am still missing the 2015 one , so if anyone spots it please let me know.

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NB. Dates are "guestimates" based on Facebook/Social media posts.

Missing the same 2015 one, along with the 2016 example

Mike C

Will keep an eye out for 2016 one for you , and if I spot two 2015's I'll grab them ! :D

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:cool: Ditto for 2015

Arrived today , two great poppies !

A gift from the author of the definitive book.

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-...rdback/p/21829

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Very nice Mike!

Hard to beat kindness like that and always sort of makes that item a bit more special. Not because it was free, but that someone thought kindly enough to to share.

Terry

Belfast Poppies !
 

Spotted a 1960's tray of Poppies on eBay but they went for way above my limited finances .:(

Then someone put me in touch with the winning bidder and after a few e-mails he has kindly sent me 3 of them , he didn't want anything for them but I sent him a couple of early BL badges for his generosity.

Apparently during WW2 members of the Women's Section of the Befast Branch of the British Legion started adding 'trimmings' (foil on stems and different number of leafs) to the basic Poppy. The practice continued post war and these three poppies are from the 1960's , they are larger than today's poppies.(pics 2 & 3 show comparison)

They are a fantastic addition to my collection.

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Bought the earlier four petal wire stem Poppy and the seller kindly included one of the larger plastic stem (no button hole hook) ones . :D

As I've ended up with a few paper/cloth poppies lately I'll need to take a bit of time to sort out dates etc and also how to store/display them.

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Seller had five poppy pins listed seperately :

1. 2012 RBL Motorbike - Have been after this for years !
2. 1914-2014 Soldier - On my 'wanted' list.
3. Three pre 2011 dated poppy pins (2008/2009/2010).

Each 'lot' was within minutes of each other , so my attention was on the Biker.

Ended up getting four out of five , missed out on a 2008 pin when my laptop froze ! :mad:

That's two more off my list. :D

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Congrats Mike! Isn't it always a rewarding feeling to finally nab something you've been after for such a long time!!!

Terry