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1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 SOLDIER FUNDRAISING LAPEL BADGE
1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 SOLDIER FUNDRAISING LAPEL BADGE

1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 SOLDIER FUNDRAISING LAPEL BADGE

$ 5.27

Availability: 92 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: See pictures, printed in Paris, genuine first world war item
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days

    Description

    This badge was printed in 1917 to support former soldiers who caught tuberculosis
    Obverse
    :  a former consumptive soldier, now cured, returning from Sanatorium and taking his children in arms.
    A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with the treatment of tuberculosis in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century before the discovery of antibiotics.
    Reverse
    :  "
    guerre 1914 1917 /
    journée nationale des tuberculeux anciens militaires / dessin d'Abel Faivre /  Imprimerie Chambrelent Paris
    "
    Size
    : 50 x 36 mm or 2 x 1,4 inch.
    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...