Poppy Appeal Pins

[mike_vee]

Just ordered a badge from the Kohima Educational Trust , it will be the third version I have.

Oval - RBL

Hexagonal - KET

Round - KET

PS - Mike , I've ordered one for you.

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[mike_vee]

Another addition to the collection , an RBL (Scotland) plastic-free Poppy.

A quick thanks to the forum members who have 'donated' items to my collection , your kindness and generousity is much appreciated.

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[mike_vee]

Postman just delivered two Metropolitan Police poppy pins , 2015 and 2021 , so 2 gaps in my set filled ! Thank You very much Skippy .

Still hunting for 2007/2012/2014/2017 if anyone has/spots any please let me know. Thanks

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[mike_vee]

Another gift , the latest Poppy Supporter Pin . Thank You ?

A great addition to the collection.

Pins/Badges were given to those who donated a monthly amount to the RBL or took part in certain fund raising events.

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[mike_vee]

Postman delivered this nice Australian Remembrance pin , a nice addition to my collection and a very welcome 'gift'. (Thanks Tim)

I like to thank members and fellow collectors for their kindness and generousity in helping me increase my collection.

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[mike_vee]

Not a badge but the 1940 "British Legion Poppy Annual" !

A wartime "austerity" annual , cover page is magazine quality (rather than hardback) and pages are basic paper with black and white drawins/cartoons.

It is a collection of short stories by various authors includjng H.G.Wells.

A nice bit of WW2 memorabilia .

[mike_vee]

"The first London Poppy Day took place in November 2006, and was organised by 10 volunteers from the Royal British Legion's Lloyd's of London Branch, who raised £500 for the Poppy Appeal."

Just got hold of a 2018 LPD Poppy Pin to add to the two other dates I already have .

Does anyone know when the first dated pin was issued , the earliest I have heard about is 2010 ? I was promised a 2023 pin but unfortunately it never materialised .

If anyone has or spots any LPD dated pins please let me know.

Thanks !

[mike_vee]

A fellow collector just got these from one of his mates !

The small 2014 one shows that they possibly didn't know that the RBL double dated pins would be the larger size.

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[mike_vee]

PoppyShop already have 2024 dated pins on sale , they are starting earlier every year !


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[Skippy]

I suppose with significant commemorative events during 2024 such as the 80th anniversary of D-Day coming up fast, some people and likely RBL Standard Bearers will be seeking these in advance of the usual Remembrancetide period.

Cheers……John

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by Skippy

I suppose with significant commemorative events during 2024 such as the 80th anniversary of D-Day coming up fast, some people and likely RBL Standard Bearers will be seeking these in advance of the usual Remembrancetide period.

Cheers……John

In the past Poppy Appeal Organisers/Branches used to get their supplies before PoppyShop started selling them.

Last year there were dated poppy pins being 'resold' on eBay before some of the branches even got their initial stock !

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[Skippy]

The amount of RBL stuff our branch organiser didn't have prior to the annual Poppy Appeal period for the last couple of years has become a bit of a shocker. And its not like RBL central organisation isn't being asked for it and quite frankly they should be throwing the stuff at appeal collectors to offload, instead of having to be begged to send supplies.

We are one of the primary central London branches, yet there were items the public wanted but we didn't have stock of when approached last year, either because we ran out of limited supplies or just never had them in the first place.

Cheers......John

[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by mike_vee

Another gift , the latest Poppy Supporter Pin . Thank You ?

A great addition to the collection.

Pins/Badges were given to those who donated a monthly amount to the RBL or took part in certain fund raising events.

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A Poppy Club membership badge and certificate kindly 'donated' to my collection (Thank You !).

It is a great addition to my supporter/fundraiser set .

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[mike_vee]

New pin now available from Poppy Shop !

https://www.poppyshop.org.uk/product...oppy-lapel-pin


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[mike_vee]

Nice small badge and although the pin is broken (which I knew about) it is a nice addition to the collection.

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