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For sale is this THICK PAPER CONTRIBUTION TAG, MEASURING 1 7/8 BY 3 1/4 INCHES,in what I believe to be Fair shape. However, that is just my opinion. See photos for condition, and you be the judge. If you have any questions, please contact me with them before you buy or make an offer.
Returns are not accepted unless the item has significant damage or defects not visible in the photos or otherwise noted.
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This Contribution Tag was issued and sold in 1918 by the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund, at an event held on November 25, 1918. That date was about 2 weeks after the signing of the World War I Armistice on November 11, 1918.The Tag depicts a blind shoulder from World War I.
The Permanent Blind Relief War Fundwas foundedin 1915 byHELEN KELLER, George Kessler, AND Cora Parsons Kesslertosupport soldiers and sailors blinded during World War I.
Its Core Mission was to finance, modernize, and expandinstitutions in Europe aiding war-blinded veterans (such as St. Dunstan’s inEngland and facilities in France) and later to support blind civilians andbraille publishing.
Following the signing ofthe WWI Armistice on November 11, 1918, unlike many war-relief charities thatdissolved, the fund continued its operations and officially incorporated in NewYork in 1919 as the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for Soldiers and Sailors ofthe Allies, Inc..It later evolved into the AmericanBraille Press (1925), the American Foundation for Overseas Blind (1948), andeventually Helen Keller Intl (1977).
This protest pinback button pin or badge relates such themes and topics as peace, civil rights, radical, socialist, communist, anarchist, union labor strikes, anti draft, anti war, welfare rights, poverty, equal rights, integration, women\'s rights, left wing, liberal, progressive political movements.
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