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RBLI
Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI)
While searching on-line (unsuccessfully ) to acquire a RBLI badge for my collection I discovered that there was also an RBLI 100 badge issued last year. This confused me as it was made to clelebrate their centenary (1919-2019) , so checked out their history. https://www.rbli.co.uk/our-history 1919 - Industrial Settlements Incorporated (for Disabled Ex Service Men) was set up. In 1920, Industrial Settlements Incorporated purchased Preston Hall which was home to 240 ex-servicemen and women. This was the start of a Village ideology where healthcare, training and employment was provided. 1946 - Shortly after the end of the Second World War the name was changed to British Legion Industries (Preston Hall) Incorporated. 1971 - The Legion received its "Royal" appellation , so now RBLI. I have a leather item with The Royal British Legion Disabled Men’s Industries Ltd. printed on it , so I guess this was/is the employment side of RBLI. Does anyone know if any badges etc were produced by either of the earlier organisations ?
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Haven't found either badge yet but did manage to get hold of an RBLI 100 Limited Edition Coin !
Wonderful item (45mm) , still in plastic coin case and bag , complete with letter about the Queen's visit to the Legion Village.
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Have eventually got an RBLI badge , generously donated by a forum member (thanks Billy !) , still looking for the RBLI 100 one.
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Still hunting for RBLI 100 badge , have even got RBLI marketing department on the job.
In the meantime I picked up this patch from them.
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I'm no longer looking for the RBLI 100 badge , in fact I have just received two different versions. (Thank You Michael !)
I've recently managed to tick off badges/pins from my "wanted list" thanks to the help and generosity of forum members. As with any collection there are always badges that I see and want , so any future assistance would be much appreciated ! .
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