Hi
Thanks for your various replies. Yes, I know the problem of scanning badges reverses but thanks for trying.
You've answered my question in any event. That address for Fattorini will help date the badge. I once had a really great handout on badge makers and the back stamps with a vague "dating" for them but it is no doubt carefully put away. So carefully that I can't now find it.....
I suspect that the white "symbol" is maybe just the idea of laurel leaves (a la Caesar... a symbol of honour and distinction) tied together.
I once had a little handmade enameled women's suffrage badge that had the same laurel wreath with a white ribbon linking the two halves of the wreath.
If you want to go deeper, white is considered the colour of purity.
Thoughts?
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