Volunteered for Active Service – Munitions Worker Badge – World War 1 (No. 839)

Description

Description: Volunteered for Active Service – Munitions Worker Badge – World War 1 (No. 839)

Maker’s Name: Stokes and Sons (Not shown on badge)

Condition: Very Good

Comments: Volunteered for Active Service – Munitions Worker Badge – World War 1 (No. 839). Complete with two lugs.

Issued from 1916, recipients volunteered for active service abroad but were notified in writing that they were debarred from enlisting due to their services being required in munitions manufacture. Only 1700 badges were approved and manufactured.