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WW1 ancillary buttonhole/badges
Am posting a few WW1 associated badges. I find that such items give a sense of atmosphere to the period just the same as contemporary photos and postcards do.
Display is not in any chronological order and, as always, comments are very welcome. Row 1: (a) On War Service 1916, brass women's badge, maker Wylie & Co London, brooch fitting (b) On War Service 1915, g/m, 'K' J.R.Gaunt & Son Ltd London, buttonhole (c) On War Service 1914, gilt and enamel 'Admiralty' version, W. J. Dingley B'Ham, buttonhole Row 2: (d) War Munition Volunteer, g/m with brass slider (cap badge?) (e) Royal Ordnance Factory, 13; maker T.L.M. Ltd B'Ham, brooch fitting Row 3: (f) English Sewing Cotton Company Ltd, War Work, enamelled, maker Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Regent St Birmingham; brooch fitting (g) Comrades of the Great War, gilt & enamel, J.R.Gaunt, buttonhole (h) Disabled Exservicemen Assn, 1914 - 1918, gilt & enamel, buttonhole. (Note that Ex-Servicemen is written as one word) (i) Officers and Men, 1914 -1918, buttonhole. I would suppose that the brooched badges were worn by women, while the buttonhole badges by men. Not all are numbered. Would any of these be scarce? GTB |
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