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Can anyone identify these ?

  • 05-12-2012 8:35am
    #1
    Burdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭


    I found these in a drawer and they looked kinda military-ish to me :D

    They both have the same thing written on them : NAUL B143.138. When I first saw them I thought they were cufflinks.
    The swastika one has the number 2 on the back and the other has a 4 on it.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction ?

    Posted in the military forum too.


Comments

  • #2
    danpatjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 436 ✭✭danpatjoe


    Hello,

    I would guess that they are not military related but rather workers union buttonhole badges with the members union number stamped onto both.

    From wikipedia:

    The National Amalgamated Union of Labour (NAUL) was a general union in the United Kingdom.

    The trade union was founded in 1888 as the Tyneside and District Labourers Union, and it participated in the National Labour Federation. It soon established branches outside the Tyneside area, particularly in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, so in 1894 it renamed itself the "National Amalgamated Union of Labour". By 1897, it claimed 22,397 members, making it the fourth largest union in the UK. It affiliated to the Trades Union Congress in 1912.

    Following mergers with a large number of small trade unions, by 1919, the union had 148,000 members spread across the UK and was led by Joseph N. Bell. He formed the National Amalgamated Workers Union as a loose confederation with the Municipal Employees Association (MEA) and the Workers Union, but this dissolved in 1922, shortly before Bell's death. In 1924, the union merged with the National Union of General Workers and the MEA to form the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

    Hope this helps.
    Regards - Dan


  • #3
    Burdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭Burdock


    danpatjoe wrote: »
    Hello,

    I would guess that they are not military related but rather workers union buttonhole badges with the members union number stamped onto both.

    From wikipedia:

    The National Amalgamated Union of Labour (NAUL) was a general union in the United Kingdom.

    The trade union was founded in 1888 as the Tyneside and District Labourers Union, and it participated in the National Labour Federation. It soon established branches outside the Tyneside area, particularly in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, so in 1894 it renamed itself the "National Amalgamated Union of Labour". By 1897, it claimed 22,397 members, making it the fourth largest union in the UK. It affiliated to the Trades Union Congress in 1912.

    Following mergers with a large number of small trade unions, by 1919, the union had 148,000 members spread across the UK and was led by Joseph N. Bell. He formed the National Amalgamated Workers Union as a loose confederation with the Municipal Employees Association (MEA) and the Workers Union, but this dissolved in 1922, shortly before Bell's death. In 1924, the union merged with the National Union of General Workers and the MEA to form the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

    Hope this helps.
    Regards - Dan


    Cheers for the info !!


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