Hi Guys
My mother was a member of the Comforts Fund during the Second WW, this was a group of local ladies who gathered at each others home and knitted socks, scarves and sleeveless jumpers etc to be sent to the men at the front
I wasn't around till after the war so don't remember what they wore, however mum never had any sort of badge.
Their group continued into the 1970's, they changed from meeting in the evening to meeting in the afternoon and only stopped meeting when there wasn't enough left to get enough ladies to make it worth wild meeting. They continued making a donation at each meeting and donated the money to a charity about twice a year.
I have also just picked up a "tinnie" badge about 1 1/4" in diameter with a pin back with an Aussie light horseman and his horse with the words, Australian Comforts Fund, February 1918. There is no makers name. I assume that this was some form of funds raiser.
Regards
Phil.
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