I'd forgotten what a great selection of badges you have.
Associate Member - Interesting that top scroll is part of the badge and not a seperate 'addition'.
Womans Auxiliary - Possibly similar to the British Legion in 1922.
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Subsequently, the word "Auxiliary" was then removed from the name to become The Women's Section.
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1921 Banner/scroll - You've previously shown the 1920 one , so possibly simply a conference item . A 1921 example I've seen has had the 'attachment' soldered in place , so it's likely that due to the original 'hook on' fitting the date bar got seperated/lost from the badges and that is why so few exist today.
Official scroll - The example I've seen is a standard badge with the scroll 'brazed' onto it , this would indicate that these badges were specially modified rather than manufactured which could account for so few being seen.
Irish - A "post" was established in Carlow in 1918 (67 men) and there were also "posts" in Rathvilly, Tullow and Bagenalstown.
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Tonight we have a "Post" but when we have 100 members we will be enlarged to a Branch
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How many veterans were there ? One article states :
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When the Irish Divisions raised for the war were demobilised, roughly 100,000 war veterans returned to Ireland
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The highest number I've seen on an Irish badge is 28,781 which would represent approximately 1 in 3 of those who returned , which could be about right considering the political situation in Ireland at the time.
NB - All the large badges I have seen were made by Gaunt but while they also made the majority of smaller badges I have also seen examples by :
Thomas Fattorini & Sons Bradford
J.Taylor & Co. London
and mention of badges made by :
Batty & Sons Manchester
J.W Hood & Son Southampton
plus there are unmaked badges.
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You see the large badge " 255" but then there is the small badge numbered " 325"!  |
I wonder if there was an 'administrative error' at branch level and a members ' "branch membership number" was stamped on the small badge rather than the national badge number ?
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