Hi, this auction is for;

WW1 medal Pair to G-11037 Pte H T Bates - Queens Regt & Silver War Badge.

The Silver War Badge was issued to service personnel who had been honorably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service in World War I in the United Kingdom and the British Empire. The badge is sometimes called the “Discharge Badge”, the “Wound Badge” or “Services Rendered Badge”.

This sterling silver lapel badge was intended to be worn on civilian clothes. As the war had developed, a substantial number of servicemen had been discharged with wounds that rendered them unfit for service, but were sometimes not obvious from their outward appearance. As they could be sometimes harassed by women who confronted men of fighting age they saw in public places without a military uniform by ostentatiously presenting them with white feathers as a suggestion of cowardice; this acted as a secondary causation for the introduction of this medal.

as pictured

Army, military, world war one, brass

I am happy to combine shipping and to send to Australia. All parcels sent within New Zealand are tracked. The matchbox is not included and is not for sale.

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