WW1 Queen Marys Needlework Guild QMNG war workers badge

A very good original First World War period 'Queen Mary's Needlework Guild worker's badge'; gilt and enamel example bearing war service bars 1917 and 1918. Very good condition, complete with original silk ribbon with Q.M.N.G suspension bar with original pin fittings, no stress marks or damage to the enamel.
Height 88mm.

The Queen Mary's Needlework Guild came into being after just a few days into the Great War, when Queen Mary's issued a letter on the 4th August 1914 through the Press, to the Women of the Empire asking that it might be rendered 'To alleviate all distress occasioned by the War!', which was the purpose of the guild to provide comforts and create articles of clothing and surgical equipment as well as other gifts to the troops fighting for King and Country at home and abroad.

Code: 63024