BADGES

Title

Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland

Object Name

Badge

Maker

Sharman D. Neill Ltd. (Primary maker)

Date Made

c.1912
c.1912

Place Made

Northern Ireland: County Antrim: 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

Date Collected

1913
1913

Catalogue Number

BELUM.O139.1913

Copyright

National Museums NI