Queen Marys Needlework Guild 1916 Surgical Branch war workers badge

A scarce original First World War gilt and enamel 'Queen Mary's Needlework Guild 1916 Surgical branch war worker's badge'. Very good condition, complete with original blue ribbon with 1916 enamel bar, surgical branch gilt bar and 'Q.M.N.G' enamel suspension bar with pin fittings, no damage to the enamel.
Height 67mm.
The Queen Mary's Needlework Guild came into being after just a few days into the Great War, when Queen Mary's issued a letter on the 4th August 1914 through the Press, to the Women of the Empire asking that it might be rendered "To alleviate all distress occasioned by the War!" which was the purpose of the guild to provide comforts and create articles of clothing and surgical equipment as well as other gifts to the troops fighting for King and Country at home and abroad.