Bronze address plaque from British Red Cross Society headquarters
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1960s
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Bronze address plaque from British Red Cross Society headquarters. Convex in shaped with holes at each corner to allow it to be screwed to a wall. Plaque reads: 'British Red Cross Society' with the emblem in a white circle.
This was one of two which were fixed to the pillars either side of the portico outside No. 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London, when it was in use as National Headquarters. Various buildings within Grosvenor Crescent were used by departments of the British Red Cross Society from 1929 until the reorganisation of Headquarters accommodation in 1968-67 when No 9 was given as the Headquarters of the British Red Cross Society.
This was one of two which were fixed to the pillars either side of the portico outside No. 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London, when it was in use as National Headquarters. Various buildings within Grosvenor Crescent were used by departments of the British Red Cross Society from 1929 until the reorganisation of Headquarters accommodation in 1968-67 when No 9 was given as the Headquarters of the British Red Cross Society.
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This was one of two which were fixed to the pillars either side of the portico outside No. 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London, when it was in use as National Headquarters. Various buildings within Grosvenor Crescent were used by departments of the British Red Cross Society from 1929 until the reorganisation of Headquarters accommodation in 1968-67 when No 9 was given as the Headquarters of the British Red Cross Society.
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2249/1
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British Red Cross Society (X20L)
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