During and immediately after WW1 there were numerous socio/political groups which 'claimed' to support ex-servicemen's rights etc.
The best source of information I have found is "The Politics of Influence" by Graham Wootton. I've a copy somewhere and will check out the various organisations whose badges you have posted.
The small (scroll) NU exservice men badge is from the NUX.
The National Union of Ex-Servicemen (NUX) was a socialist ex-servicemen's organisation founded in London in early 1919 with close links with the Labour Party(disbanded by the end of 1921).
National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers (NFDDSS) - The organisation was founded in January 1917 by various London-based veterans groups opposed to the Military Service (Review of Exceptions) Act 1917, which made it possible for people invalided out of the armed forces to be re-conscripted. It adopted the slogans "Every man once before any man twice" and "Justice before charity".
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