WW1 Womens Land Army LAAS felt cloth overall coat badge

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

The Badge in the Museum, see below image for what it would have looked like originally

The Badge in the Museum, see below image for what it would have looked like originally

Name/Title

WW1 Womens Land Army LAAS felt cloth overall coat badge

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.501

Description

WW1 Womens Land Army LAAS felt cloth overall coat badge

Context

First World War period 'Womens.Land.Army L.A.A.S service badge' given by the Land Army Agricultural Section; large circular green felt example, red embroidered crown within a padded cream felt circlet bearing the title in red embroidered thread, the reverse with black wax cotton hessian lining. In the Women's Land Army L.A.A.S. Handbook it states that the 'L.A.A.S. Badge' is given after two months' approved service, and should be worn on the left lapel of the overall.

Cataloged By

Colin Whittle

Category

Badge

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C1S1