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Two First War British Service Badges

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Two First War British Service Badges

Silver War Badge (silver, stamped "B80964" on the reverse, 32.8 mm, vertical pinback); and Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge (silvered nickel, 26 mm x 42.8 mm, horizontal pinback). Light contract, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Silver War Badge was awarded to service personnel who sustained a wound or contracted sickness or disability in the course of the war, as a result of which they were invalided out. It was worn on the lapel on civilian clothes. each badge was numbered on the reverse. The purpose of the badge was to prevent men of military age but not in uniform from being harassed by women pursuing them with white feathers. The Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge was a short lived decoration of the United Kingdom awarded to those members of the Territorial Force (TF) who were prepared to serve outside the United Kingdom in defence of the Empire. The conditions of enlistment for the TF laid down at their creation in 1908 did not allow for soldiers to be sent for service overseas against their will, as the TF was intended for home defence. However, any man could volunteer for the Imperial Service Section and serve abroad in times of war, which entitled him to wear this badge. The majority of those who received the award did so for services during the First World War, the badge becoming obsolete when the Territorial Force was elevated to become the Territorial Army.