For Empire
For Empire
For Empire
BADGES
- Title
- For Empire
- Object Name
- Badge
- Maker
- WD Lewis (Badges) Ltd (Primary maker)
- Date Made
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c.1910
c.1910 - Place Made
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England: Birmingham
Birmingham - Description
- Junior Imperial & Constitutional League badge with pin fastening at back, 'For Empire.' Circular badge with English and Union Jack flag, and Crown on top. The JICL was formed in 1906 with the aims of creating an interest in politics among young persons aged 15 to 25 years and organised to serve the needs of the Conservative political party. The JICL was an autonomous group within the Conservative Party with its own headquarters. By 1919 women members were admitted and this greatly bolstered the JICL’s membership when at its peak it had over 100,000 in more than 300 branches. A major political theme was Imperial Unity to strengthen links between countries within the British Empire both political and economic.
- Materials
- brass, enamel
- Place Collected
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- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.W2012.91
- Notes
- National Museums NI
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