Hi David , the "supporter" pins are official RBL issue and are given to people who agree to donate (at least £10.00 per month) to the Poppy Appeal.
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
The RBL has the copyright to the "red 2 petal" poppy design/registered trademark. When they really started of enforce the copyright (2010 onwards) numeous sellers/organisations were forced to adopt different designs (3 or 4 petals).
On 1 January 1994 the words on the central black button were changes from "Haig Fund" to "Poppy Appeal".
If anyone is interested in the history of the Poppy Appeal (in the UK and overseas) I would recommend this site :
https://poppyladymadameguerin.wordpress.com/
Heather , who spent over 7 years researching and developing the site , recently publish an excellent book (shown with some of my poppy collection).
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