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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

Date Collected
1913
1913
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O140.1913
Copyright
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