Allies button badge
Button badge showing a montage of Allies flags.
This is a button badge featuring the flag colours of some of the Allied Nations, namely Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Serbia, and Italy, and the years 1914 and 1915. The writing on the back shows that it was made by F. Roche, of 395 8th Avenue, New York, USA, and there is also text in French which reads: 'Souvenir de la Guerre 1914 Drapeaux Des Allies Patente'. Interestingly, the text on both the front and back of the badge are in French, though it was manufactured in America at least a couple of years before the US joined the war.
CONTRIBUTOR
Špiro Vranješ
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
2
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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