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WWI FIRST WORLD WAR ORPHANS DAY FRENCH WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE
$ 4.69
- Description
- Size Guide
Description
Obverse: a couple of first world war orphans comforting each other
Reverse
: "Journée nationale des orphelins de la guerre"
Size
: 43 mm or 1,7 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...