BADGES
Title
Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland
Object Name
Badge
Maker
Sharman D. Neill Ltd. (Primary maker)
Date Made
c.1912
c.1912
c.1912
Place Made
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Belfast
Description
Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland lapel badge. In centre, red hand of Ulster with crown on top. The Young Citizen Volunteers was, officially, Ireland-wide, although it was mainly a Belfast-based, militia group established in 1912. Initially it adopted an officially politically neutral stance but it quickly became associated with Unionism and opposition to the Irish Home Rule Movement. During the First World War it became closely linked to the Ulster Volunteers before ultimately being subsumed by that group.
Materials
gilt
Place Collected
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Belfast
Date Collected
1913
1913
1913
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O139.1913
Copyright
National Museums NI