NAM.2007-03-72-2

Veterans Association lapel badge, 1915. Two crossed flags consisting of the Union Jack and a red cross on a white ground, with a Union Jack in the top left hand corner. Enamelled, with, ‘FOR KING AND EMPIRE’ across a scroll. Above, the words, ‘VETERANS/ ASSN/ FOUNDED/ 1915’. The whole badge in enamel and gilded metal. Associated with Sgt Samuel James Pye, 1st Essex Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers, 13 Nov 1892 to 31 Mar 1908. Pye also served with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa and the Royal Artillery.