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After getting the "silver gilt" WS badge I saw another WS badge listed as "1976 dated ( Queens Silver Jubilee) Royal British Legion Womens Section Badge".
Being my usual curious self , I took a closer look and it was in fact a hallmarked silver badge ! This must have escaped the attention of others as I stuck on a bid and got it for £5.50 . .
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#93
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Membership Cards
Just got a membership card with the original receipt and badge attached , now have 3 different era/branch versions.
1. British Legion Scotland 1946 - came with 'standard' BL badge. 2. British Legion 1946 . 3. Plastic BL card folder - Pre 1971 , so probably from 1960's. 4. Royal British Legion 1981 - came with badge and subscription receipt. NB. Also saw a BL 1947 card with badge number 112608 written on it , this appears to show that previous "guestimates" about badge/membership numbers was wrong. Gaunt started producing the smaller British Legion badges in 1946 and when the original numbers reached 999,999 they started using an 'A' prefix (later series had 'A1'). The "Membership" list in Graham Wootton's (1956) book did not take into account lapsed (soldiers serving overseas) , those who did not renew , members who had died or the numerous 'honorary' members. So the 'numbers' he used (members) fall far short of the actual numbers of badges that had been issued. Based on the badges I have (or have seen) I would estimate that badge numbers reached 999,999 in 1946 and the 'A' prefix was then used , starting again at 1. Immediately post WW2 there would have been a surge in membership with veterans returning home and joining (rejoining ?) the British Legion. .
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British cemeteries. .
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Cheers James
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The cards are all still attached to the 'booklet' and have the original 'tissue paper' pages between each card.
While the whole booklet is a bit "grubby" it is a great addition to my other Pilgrimage items. .
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Thanks for your efforts. I think all of this is too far back in the mists of time. The thing is that we enthusiasts probably know more about this stuff than the organisations! I guess that makes sense as you have to be a bit determined to dig it out! Any more thoughts on the Remembrance Day badge with the three crosses and the three poppies? |
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I think most branches at some point had badges made , I've lots of them , but when branches closed the history was lost. I know there were short lived branches in Australia , New Zealand and even New York but finding detailed information is proving very difficult. .
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Hi Mike
New York?????? Wonders will never cease! It wouldn't be any fun if you could just Google it and it popped up anyway. On the subject of far-flung branches, I have a Mons Star Association badge for New South Wales (super item!) which I must post at some point. |
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Footwear? I wonder how many of the pilgrims wore their old service boots? I heard of one veteran who would dig out and wear his pair every ANZAC Day.
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Don't know exactly when the branch was 'founded' but they appear to have been associated/connected to the British Great War Veterans of America (which was incorported in 1920). The branch was definitely still active in May 1935 as that is when the medallion , commemorating the 'Silver Jubilee of H.M King George V , was issued/presented.
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Hi Mike and others
Here are three BL "bits" that I've had for some time. The Life Member is included more for scale but you might like to comment as to a vague dating for it. The Challenge Shield is presumably for athletics but when I went to look at the hallmarks (1935-36) I see that the maker's mark has been overstamped on another maker's mark! The visible mark is "A R & ???" but the other one could be "T.F." (Thomas Fattorini). But why? Lastly there is the small brass "commemorative". Maybe hard to read but it is for "Crich Comrades Club & British Legion". Thomas Fattorini produced that one! Comments welcome as always! |
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OK, this is what the overstamp should be. The mark of Alfred Roden & Sons (1922-49).
Found on fobs (like this one!) and other small items. Still trying to work out what the other, obliterated, mark is and why it might have been overstamped. It would have to have been done before it was enameled. |
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Yep, Thomas Fattorini. Mark from 1909 to 1938. A big maker of this kind of stuff, so why the overstamp.
Would this have been legal at the time? |
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