Name/TitleBadge: Bundles for Britain Award of Merit
About this objectShield-shaped gilt-coloured badge with brooch-style fastening. The front is embossed with a series of red, white and blue "ribbons" with a gold lion rampant in the centre, topped with the words 'BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN ~ AWARD OF MERIT' below a gold crown.
Date Made1940-45
PeriodSecond World War
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal
MeasurementsH: 30 x W: 30 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsSecond World War
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's war work
Subject and Association DescriptionBundles for Britain was started in 1940 by Mrs Natalie Wales Latham as a knitting circle in a store front in New York City. Knitted goods were made and shipped to Britain. Within sixteen months, Latham expanded Bundles into an organization with 975 branches and almost a million contributors, and by the spring of 1941, it had delivered 40,000 sleeveless sweaters, 10,000 sweaters with sleeves, 30,000 scarves, 18,000 pairs of seaboot stockings, 50,000 pairs of socks, and 8,000 caps. By 1941, moreover, Bundles had also shipped ambulances, surgical instruments, medicines, cots, blankets, field-kitchen units, and operating tables, along with used clothing of all sorts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_War_Relief_Society)
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2015-15
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved