Penny-a-Week badge
Production date
1939-1945
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Enamelled gilt badge, surmounted by a crown with the Red Cross emblem and the Maltese Cross of the Order of St John in two oval shields at its centre. Words 'Red Cross' and 'Penny-a-Week Fund' written on scroll running along the sides and base of the badge. This badge was worn by collectors for the Penny-a-Week fund, which was part of the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St John Appeal during the Second World War.
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2972
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