Date
Instituted: 1916.
Campaign: First World War 1914-18.
Description: Round buttonhole badge bearing the 'GRI' royal cypher surmounted
by a crown with the inscription 'FOR KING AND EMPIRE + SERVICES
RENDERED +'.
Metal: Silver.
Size: 33mm.
Naming: Issued
un-named but each badge was numbered on the reverse.
Comments: Not strictly speaking a medal but nonetheless it was worn
by recipients in a similar manner. It was awarded to service personnel
who were invalided out of the armed forces and were unable to fight.
It is said that this badge was introduced to prevent such men of
military age who appeared in public without uniform being harassed
by women with white feathers. A similar award called the 'King's
Badge for War Service' was awarded during the Second World War.
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