N° d'objet
TN.2010.61
Titre
Cricket Tribute Badge: Wounded Soldiers, Xmas 1915
Date
1915 - 1915
Créateur
Raison de la création
Created in order to sell to raise money for wounded soldiers
Matériel
Etendue
diameter: 3.2 cm
Description
Round pin badge with blue, gold and green design. Dark blue scalloped edges encircling two gold coloured cricket bats and wickets on a patch of green grass inscribed with words referring to wounded soldiers at the beginning of the First World War.
Tribute badges such as this were sold to raise money for soldiers wounded in the First World War. Cricket continued to be played during the war, often in aid of charity, and attracted royal spectators along with a galaxy of political and military notables.
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