Australian Hospital Fund Badge Set

$20.00

1 in stock

Description

WWII 1940’s badge set.  The Hospital Saturday Fund was founded in 1873. Saturday was pay day and citizens were encouraged to pay a regular weekly amount to help meet costs of hospital maintenance.  The fund grew to include health charities, projects, medical training.  In the UK in 2020 almost two million pounds will be given in grants to medical charities.  Badges measure 2cm – 2.5cm in diameter.