WW1 Queen Marys Needlework Guild QMNG Officials Badge

A scarce original First World War gilt and enamel 'Queen Mary's Needlework Guild medal' with service bars to the ribbon 1916 -1917 -1918, below the 'Q.M.N.G Official's badge' secured by pin and thread to the crown, bearing 'Queen Mary's Royal Standard' impaled with the arms of her father 'Francis, Duke of Teck' and the 'Hanoverian coat of arms' as used by her grandfather, 'Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge', surmounting a white cross with the letters 'QMNG'. Very good condition, complete with original silk ribbon and Q.M.N.G suspension bar with pin fittings, no damage to the enamel.
Height approx 85mm.
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.

Code: 64639