1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 SOLDIER FUNDRAISING LAPEL BADGE by ABEL FAIVRE

Description

This badge was printed in 1917 to support former soldiers who caught tuberculosis
Obverse
:  consumptive soldier warming a sunlight
Reverse
:  "
guerre 1914 1917 /
journée nationale des tuberculeux anciens militaires / dessin d'Abel Faivre / Dewambez Imprimeur
"
Size
: 53 x 37 mm or 2,1 x 1,5 inch.
Abel Faivre (30 March 1867 – 13 August 1945) was a French painter, illustrator and cartoonist. Jules Abel Faivre was born in Lyon, France. He attended École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon for three years. He then attended the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian. He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français. He lived in La Croix-Valmer. Professionally, he created propaganda posters for the French Army in World War I. He drew comics for Le Rire, L'Écho de Paris, and Le Figaro.
Some of his work can be seen in the collections of the National Library of Medicine, the University of Michigan, the Museum of Modern Art. and the Brooklyn Museum
These WW1 "charity day" fundraising souvenirs (cardboard insignia, thin stamped medals, pin badges, more rarely bronze or silver medals) were sold during the Great War to raise money for a variety of causes : mainly supporting the troops fighting on the various fronts, supporting the war effort, supporting wounded soldiers (or having caught tuberculosis)
, soldier's widows, orphans, thanking allied countries, etc...