| Description | Circular silver pin badge. On the obverse, the Royal cypher "GRI" with crown atop. Around the edge are the words: "FOR KING AND EMPIRE" and "SERVICES RENDERED". On the reverse is stamped the serial number "199378". This number is associated with Private Patrick Hayes of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Regimental Number 14741, enlisted 27/9/14, discharged 20/6/17 (information from the Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 on 'ancestryinstitution.com'). The badges were designed to be worn on civilian clothes by British service personnel after discharge from the various armed services; their main purpose was "to prevent men not in uniform and without apparent disability being thought of as shirkers - it was evidence of having presented for military service, if not necessarily serving for long" (https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/silver-war-badge-and-kings-certificate-of-discharge). |