Badge re louis

[cappy]

Louis i believe your badge mentioned earlier is
the kings badge for loyal service #
wounded in war
regards cappy

[Louis the fly]

Ok thanks for that Capp

[cappy]

ok thanks for that capp

it was given to merchant seamen you can google it ;they are selling on line for about what the shipping company charged your old man on eventually getting home ....such is life

[Louis the fly]

Yes merchant seaman have always been dispensable and almost invisible. When the war ended they were forgotten about again.

[Tony Taylor]

Yes merchant seaman have always been dispensable and almost invisible. When the war ended they were forgotten about again.

At the Cenotaph yesterday, David Dimblebys' commentary- "The Merchant Navy, inevitably forgotten"

[Louis the fly]

I didn't think of google until Cappy mentioned it. A badge the same as I have can be bought on ebay for £6.12.

[cappy]

I didn't think of google until Cappy mentioned it. A badge the same as I have can be bought on ebay for £6.12.

Louis by any stretch of imagination it is i would say equivelent to the american purple heart ...given to armed forces for injury .......wonder what a purple heart in america can be bought for ....cappy

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Probably thrown to the crowds along with the caps during the election.
Des