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WWI SOLDIER's ORPHANS DAY FRENCH WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE
WWI SOLDIER's ORPHANS DAY FRENCH WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE
WWI SOLDIER's ORPHANS DAY FRENCH WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE

WWI SOLDIER's ORPHANS DAY FRENCH WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Modified Item: No
  • Theme: Militaria
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Condition: Very fine condition, printed in France, genuine first world war item
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    Obverse
    : a couple of first world war orphans on their father's grave
    Reverse
    : "Journée nationale des orphelins de la guerre"
    Size
    : 44 mm or 1,75 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...