Royal British Legion Somme 'shell fuse' Poppy Pins

[mikef]

Also ordered. Thank you OP for sharing this

[ecsrobin]

Thanks for the reminder, I saw this the other day on Facebook but was busy at the time and forgot. I've now ordered.

[cv01jw]

Thanks for sharing OP.

[Nigel_O]

Also ordered one of the "Somme 2016" poppies, now that the "Somme 100" have been sold out

£44 inc delivery isn't cheap, but I'm guessing that it'll do far more for veterans than 50p a year into a collection box for the usual paper poppy (which I'll still do anyway....)

[haggishunter]

Parcel force attempted to deliver something to me today, must be the poppies cause they're the only things I'm expecting.

[tokyo_mb]

Thanks - hadn't seen this before. Ordered and rounded up to the nearest round sum with a donation.

[DonkeyApple]

The additional upside of these pins is that you now have to do a road trip to visit the grave of your soldier.

[s6boy]

What a great idea DA, I shall now be off in the New Year to pay my respects to Private C Allett at the Thiepval memorial.

Thanks for the heads up OP, for some bizarre reason I became quite emotional to read about 'my' soldier and my wife shed a tear when reading how the poppy is made.

[Mannginger]

Nice link, just got a couple for myself and my Dad. I really like sentiment and approach of these.

[sidicks]

Thanks for this - I will investigate further!

[anonymous-user]

I bought one a few months back when I missed the original run.
I bought the lapel pin. It is nice thing to have, the case is well made.
As well as the heritage I will look forward to wearing it.
Its sits along side my Granddad's RAF wing.

Edited by The Spruce goose on Wednesday 19th October 20:34

[sidicks]

Now ordered, many thanks.

[ABZ RS6]

I have the 100 yr commemorative cuff links and the Spitfire lapel pin courtesy of my very thoughtful wife.

Beautiful objects which I treasure and wear with pride.

[InductionRoar]

Ordered.

[PorkInsider]

Thanks OP.

Order placed.

[Oystercatcher]

I got a couple from the last batch, just missed out on the originals:

[MikeT66]

These look amazing - thank you for posting this, Ray.

[YorkshirePudding]

DonkeyApple said:

The additional upside of these pins is that you now have to do a road trip to visit the grave of your soldier.

, We'll be going next year.

[worsy]

Just bought two as well. Kids are in the ATC so they can wear them for their parade.

[ecsrobin]

Oystercatcher said:

I got a couple from the last batch, just missed out on the originals:

Is there any difference in the manufacture of the originals to the present pins? Is it just the text on the back that is different?