Comments on: From Ken Sequin’s Badge Collection

By: Suzanne Keyte

Suzanne Keyte — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:29:43 +0000

Great post – thank you.
I love these badges and for something so small they are a fascinating insight into local and national history.

By: Stephen Barker

Stephen Barker — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 18:11:39 +0000

Apart from the obvious social history, I am struck by the quality of the enamel badges. Very interesting post.

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 18:00:28 +0000

Fascinating.

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:06:05 +0000

Very interesting, it must make some of us wonder how many of our ancestors would have worn a badge like one of these or indeed one that was exactly the same.

By: David Steers

David Steers — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 16:06:19 +0000

Fascinating collection. I wonder though if St George’s S.S. does not stand for St George’s Sunday School. That would be the more usual meaning of the letters in this kind of context, whether Methodist or C of E.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 12:10:51 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, another great piece. And these badges supported such a variety of causes. I guess I think of these buttons as primarily statements of political support for various candidates during election time.

I also learned another word: “Costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables, in London and other British towns. They were ubiquitous in mid-Victorian England, and some are still found in markets. As usual with street-sellers, they would use a loud sing-song cry or chant to attract attention…. a costermonger sells from a handcart or animal-drawn cart, while a hawker carries his wares in a basket.”

By: Achim

Achim — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:59:55 +0000

Wonderful! “Made in Germany” was at first a negative feature, then a quality feature — now again it’s very doubtful … regrettably!

By the way: I wear my Peace Sign Badge every day!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Ron Pummell

Ron Pummell — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:51:02 +0000

Very interesting.

By: Hilda Kean

Hilda Kean — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:06:20 +0000

The NARPAC badges of National Air Raids Precautions Animals Committee , the umbrella body that including government reps, vets, and animal charities such as the RSPCA, PDSA and Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, were for cats as well as dogs. They were used to help reunite companion animals lost after bombing etc – and this did seem to work! However, the fact that so many of the badges still exist suggests that the complaints I have discovered around NARPAC not sending out badges quickly enough and many lying around the admin offices seem to be valid. There will be more about this in my book on animals and people on the Home Front out next year.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 07:53:12 +0000

Good to see all the badges, I still have a box full I collected as a kid from jumble sales etc. Valerie