Passchendaele 100 Poppy Lapel Pin
I have just discovered that there were 2 different Passchendaele 100 pins produced by TMB Artmetal.
The 'common' one "crafted using donor metal from original 1917 shell fuses" , of which 60,083 were manufactuered.
And a limited edition (of 1000) "crafted using donor metal from original 1917 shell copper drive bands recovered from the battlefields of Ypres Passchendaele". Each pin is individually engraved with their limited edition number
I thought the "Flanders Fields" poppies were pretty rare (how many were made ?) but this is the first time I've seen this Passchendaele one. Maybe they have been for sale online but I've overlooked them assuming they were the 'common' ones.
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