Private S R Jarvis' badge collection
Ville de Reims badge
Royal Artillery badge, the wheel at the centre actually moves
Peter Jarvis inherited and has built on his father's collection of First World War badges. S R Jarvis was in the Machine Gun Corps, fought throughout the war and was made a Lance Corporal before finishing his service. He found the Ville de Reims badge in a shell crater at the front and bought other badges such as a bayonet tie pin in Belgium.
S R Jarvis' Royal Artillery badge
The wheel in the centre of the badge moves
Other
S R Jarvis' Ville de Reims badge
CONTRIBUTOR
Sheffield 1914 Team
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
4
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
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