Poppy Appeal Pins

[mike_vee]

Spotted a job lot that included a couple of (possibly) genuine early poppy pins. It was "buy it now" and a reasonably fair price , so I took a chance and bought it.

Apart from the ones in the photos there were another eight , unrelated , badges.

They just arrived , the 2006 and 2007 poppy pins are genuine . Apart from the bowling club ones all the others are ones I already have but will be handy for swaps/trades.

With a single 2006 poppy pin (genuine and fake) going for £50.00 - £100.00 I definitely got a great deal.

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[Home Guard]

Congrats Mike, always a good feeling to come up 7's!

Terry

[mike_vee]

By getting the 2006 poppy pin in that joblot I now have a complete "spare" set of small dated pins.

I'm not planning on splitting the set or selling them on eBay , I'd rather keep hold of them and at some point let them go to a genuine collector for a fair price.

Of course , I keep my eye out and if I can pick up any others for a reasonable price I'll snap them up to trade/swap for ones on my wanted list.


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[mike_vee]

Originally Posted by mike_vee

Arrived today , a 1941 dated Poppy Pin Badge !

It matches a description on the IWM website :

Dimensions : Diameter 23 mm

NB: I think the "Haig Fund" rather than "Haig's Fund" is simply a spelling error by IWM.

I assume the badge (there was also a large paper weight) was produced as a limited edition souvenir to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Poppy appeal.

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Update :

This one , from National Museum of Singapore , was found during the excavation, recovery and burial of victims of ‘Operation Sook Ching’ (1942) and the Japanese Occupation (1942–1945) in Singapore which took place between 1963 and 1966.

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