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Are you sure it isn't some form of celluloid???

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Wareham, Tom
Sent: 27 February 2007 17:29
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Subject: [SHCG-LIST] Object identification



Can anyone help with the date of a trade union badge we have just taken in.
(Photos attached)



The Badge represents the Amalgamated Stevedores Labour Protection League.
This organisation merged with another in 1922, so the implication is that
the badge dates from between 1888-1922.



The front of the badge appears to be plastic or covered in plastic, while
the rear features a stud.



What is throwing me is the plastic front.  Can anyone advise on whether
plastic badges like this were being produced in the early 1920s?

Thanks



Tom Wareham

Museum in Docklands





Dr. Tom Wareham
Curator of Maritime and Community Histories
Museum in Docklands

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London. E14 4AL
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