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Old 13-03-24, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen View Post
The other one's a cornflower, a nickname for WWI French troops in their blue uniforms wasn't it?
Spot on Leigh , the first 'bleuets' were produced in 1916 and the British Legion produced a Somme 100 commemorative badge featuring the Poppy and Bleuet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleuet_de_France


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