War Service Badge.

Scarce gilt and enamel WW I lapel badge with buttonhole fitting registration number and makers details for Fattorini to the reverse. A central bar bearing the company name " Union Cold Stores " backed by a Union Spray of Rose Thistle and Shamrock within a circlet, " Engaged on War Work ". During the war the Union Cold Stores were responsible for the import of frozen foods into the county and to the troops in France. Owning the Blue Star Lines shipping Company by 1920 they were the largest frozen food company in the world.

Code: 23999