Object type
Clothing and accessories
Date
Production: 1914 - 1918
Subject(s)
Uniform
Hospitals
Nursing
War
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Associated organisation
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1999 - present)
British Red Cross (1870 - present)
Associated activity
War
Associated event
War: First World War (28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918)
Inscriptions

obverse: ST JOHN VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT

Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 66 x 158 x 5mm
Materials and technique
Embroidered fabric
Physical description
Black armband, with an embroidered badge sewn on. The circular black badge with inscription of "ST JOHN VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT" surrounding off-white eight-pointed cross, superimposed with coat of arms in red and white.
Production place
United Kingdom
Catalogue number
SJA2210
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