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Lot 105:
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A collection of enamel and button badges primarily relating to the UK Miners’ Strike of 1984-85 and associated trade union history. The group includes various National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) branch badges, support group items, and commemorative pieces. Notable enamel examples include a rectangular bar badge for the Emley Moor Branch NUM inscribed Jobs Collieries Communities 1984-5, an oval orange badge for Monkwearmouth Lodge 1984-85 Miners Strike, and a circular red and green badge for Barnburgh NUM inscribed The Strong Stood Firm. Other branch badges feature Bullcliffe Wood, Clipstone, and Cumberland. The collection also includes support group items such as the Oxford Miners Support Group 1984-85 and a Women’s Support Group badge for Ashfield Strikers. Specific political and social interest items include an Amnesty for Miners 84-85 badge and a North Staffs Sacked Miners Still Fighting badge. The assortment is completed by two button badges: a yellow Notts. Miners on Strike badge and a white Save Our Pits! cartoon badge.
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