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BADGES

Title

Union is Strength

Object Name

Badge

Date Made

1892
1892

Description

Ulster Unionist Convention 1892. A crowned white metal bar with long pin fastening. Inscribed "UNION IS STRENGTH ULSTER UNIONIST CONVENTION 1982. Attached to the bar a woven shield shaped badge, on the top left the union flag, top right a crowned harp in gilt on a green ground, the bottom half has green shamrocks and a red hand in the centre all on a gold ground. The following year saw the Second Home Rule Bill pass the House of Commons but defeated by the House of Lords.

Materials

metal, fabric

Place Collected

Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast

Date Collected

1913
1913

Catalogue Number

BELUM.O140.1913

Copyright

National Museums NI