This is a badge for the Serbian Relief Fund, which was a charity that ran hospitals in Serbia during the war and helped refugees, as well as working with the Red Cross. The badge design is of a Serbian heraldic eagle with, in its centre, a red and blue shield and the organisation’s initials, ‘SRF’, on it. There is a fastening pin on the back of the badge, along with the maker’s name, Fattorini and Sons, of Bradford. The firm also designed the famous English FA Cup in 1910, replacing the previous design for which the English FA realised that they didn’t own the copyright, and which was itself retired and replaced by an exact replica in 1992, only for that one to be replaced in 2014 due to conditions of wear. || Badge of the Serbian Relief Fund

Serbian Air Force pilot badge. || The Serbian Air Force was established in 1912, and the country was one of the first 15 states in the world to have an air force. In the First World War, the Serbian Air Force operated in Serbia and, later, the Salonika Front, where they fought alongside their comrades in the French Air Force. Serbian Air Force pilots wore this French-made (by 'Bizu Fix'), pilot's badge over their left breast pocket. Official regulations did not cover the wearing of this badge, but there are various photographs of Serbian pilots wearing this badge, and pilots would even sometimes wear a mixture of clothing in their missions that weren't official, regulation wear. The Serbian Air Force performed the first medevac (medical evacuation) operations in aviation history in November 1915 when they took wounded soldiers from Serbia to Corfu by air for medical treatment. The Serbian Air Force flew several thousand air sorties at this time and, it wasn't just the air that enemy pilots would have to watch out for, as the first ever shooting-down of an airplane in history by ground-based anti-aircraft (AA) fire was performed by the Serbian Army on 30 September 1915, with a dedicated AA unit which was part of an artillery regiment, over Kragujevac, Serbia. Today, the event is commemorated by the Serbian Army as the Day of Air Defense Artillery Units.

Charity stamps were a good way of raising money and awareness for causes. Shown here are three charity stamps with a focus on providing help and relief to Serbia, as well as France. First is the 'Serbian War Orphans Fund', costing 1 cent. At the top, in Serbian Cyrillic is the text, 'СРПСКА РАТНА СИРОЧАД', which transliterates as 'Srpska Ratna Sirocad', and which translates to 'Serbian War Orphans'. The central motif shows ruins, children, a female figure, looking at the rays of the sun, and the words 'Humanity' within the rays. The address at the bottom of the stamp, 1905 Fowler Street, Chicago, Illinois, which is property of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Second is the Serbian Relief Fund stamp, which shows an image of a desolate Serbian soldier, below which is the text 'Begs Aid For Our Brave Ally', and the price of one penny. The Patroness of the Serbian Relief Fund was Britain’s own Queen Mary, its President the Lord Bishop of London, and Vice-Presidents included the Lord Bishop of Oxford, H.H. Asquith, W.S. Churchill, and Lloyd George. The work of the Fund included the establishment of a number of hospital units in Serbia, including some mobile ones, as well as sending nurses and medical supplies and stores, helping also the work of the Red Cross. Thirdly, is a stamp for the California Committee For Relief in Serbia and France, with a central figure of a nurse, above which is the text 'Merry Christmas', and the year 1919 below, and the text ‘California Committee for Relief in Serbia and France’ surrounding the central figure. The background has the Serbian tricolour of horizontal red-blue-white in the top half, and the French tricolor of vertical blue-white-red in the bottom half. This Californian stamp showed that, despite the war having been over for a year and more, clothing and other supplies were still needed and that, though California may have been half a world away, it was still going to help. || Three charity stamps. One for the Serbian War Orphans Fund, one for the Serbian Relief Fund, and one for the California Committee For Relief in Serbia and France.