BADGES
Title
Union is Strength
Object Name
Badge
Date Made
1892
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
Belfast
Date Collected
1913
1913
1913
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O140.1913
Copyright
National Museums NI