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CONSUMPTIVE SOLDIER 1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE
CONSUMPTIVE SOLDIER 1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE

CONSUMPTIVE SOLDIER 1917 WWI TUBERCULOSIS DAY WW1 FUNDRAISING LAPEL PIN BADGE

$ 4.69

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

    Description

    This flag was printed in 1917 to support former soldiers who caught tuberculosis
    Obverse
    :  "aidez nous à sauver les tuberculeux réformés" (
    help us save reformed consumptive soldiers)
    Reverse
    :  "
    journée nationale des tuberculeux anciens militaires / guerre 1914 1917
    "
    Size
    : 40 mm or 1,6 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...