WW1 QMNG Highgate War Hospital Supply Depot badge

A rare original First World War period 'Queen Marys Needlework Guild gilt and enamel medal', the badge suspended from a red and wihite silk ribbon and enamel suspension bar inscribed 'Highgate W.H.S.D' (War Hospital Supply Depot). Very good condition, complete with original curled ended pin fitting, silk ribbon all intact, no stress marks or damage to the enamel.
Height approx 79mm.

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: 64599