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Originally Posted by CB101
Here are some of the British Limbless Ex Service Men’s Association (BLESMA) badges in my collection, I’d be interested to know if there are any more types or variations out there.
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Hi
Do you know who wore the Red and the Blue versions of the BLESMA badges illustrated? Also, when?
I will attach the badge of LESMA below here. It predates BLESMA. BLESMA's site has this to say:
"Lesma is formed
During the 1920s limbless men gathered together to discuss their problems and to support each other. A group of such men in the Glasgow area banded together to form the first branch of the Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association."
The word British was added, to make BLESMA, in 1932,