WW1 The Bradford Khaki Club Badge Forster Square Bradford

A very rare First World War gilt and enamel badge, bearing the Arms of the City of Bradford and "Khaki Club" scroll, the reverse with maker's details "Fattorini & Sons Bradford". Very good condition, original pin fittings, no damage to the enamel.
Height 31mm.
The Bradford Khaki Club was formed in the First World War to help the many shell shocked and injured soldiers brought home for hospital treatment. It had a restaurant, games room, library and held concert parties, members were also taught to embroider by Louisa Pesel (first President of the "Embroiderers Guild of Needlework"), some of whom helped embroider what is known as the "Khaki Cloth", a cross-stitch frontlet made in 1918 and used at services in the "Abram Peel Hospital" in Leeds Road a Military establishment staffed by the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.