Primrose League General Election Special Service 1895 pin badge Primrose League General Election Special Service 1895 pin badge

Primrose League General Election Special Service 1895 pin badge

A scarce original Victorian period 'Primrose League General Election Special Service 1895 medal suspension pin bar badge', the reverse with maker's details 'W.O.Lewis Birmm'. Very good condition, complete with original pin fittings, no damage to the enamel.
Size 43 x 10mm.
In 1883 Lord Randolph Churchill father of Winston Churchill, Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Sir Alfred Slade and Sir John Gorst formed this Conservative backed league to promote not only the party also National Patriotism and the unity of the British Empire. The motto of the League became Imperium et Libertas", this taken from the famous speech delivered by Benjamin Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield in 1879.

Code: 64642

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