Adam,
Could it be from a group like the Ancient Order of Forresters?
Lisa
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Hi
Well, I think
it is synthetic, so I guess as you say that narrows the date range
down a bit to about the mid to late 20th century?
It has
probably been knocking around the store for decades!
A fellow SHCG
list peep wonders if it might be connected to the short lived 'I'm Backing
Britain' campaign of early 1968. The campaign seems to have used the Union flag
as its inspiration, so I'm not sure about the rosette being connected to it, as
it is orange, white and blue (with a red centre) rather than just red, white
and blue.
The inclusion
of orange is throwing me a bit. Robert, if it was a British Coronation or
Jubilee, was orange ever used as one of the official colours, within synthetic
fibres / living memory time?!
I guess it
could be political / campaign / anniversary / celebration related, or maybe it
could be an award of some kind, like you get for horse racing / prize bulls etc
etc? I think the former option(s) are more likely?
We may never
know...? I was just hoping that someone (helpfully) would say, ahhhh, yes, I
have one in my store too, and it is provenanced! No such luck this time!
Thanks
Adam
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Dear Adam -
I agree with George - can you
tell if the ribbons are made from synthetic fibres? This would help to pin down
a date range.
Or - is it a very recent
acquisition?
It would appear to include the
colours of our new coalition government.
Maggie Wood
Keeper of Social History
Warwickshire Museum Service
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Hello
I've got a rosette in the stores
at my museum, which is unaccessioned and I know nothing about.
Does anybody know what it might
relate to, or have any useful suggestions?
I initially thought possibly
Suffragettes, but I think the colours were quite different.
Many thanks!
Adam
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