WW2 PEA-NUT CLUB fundraising tin button badge Guinea Pig Club RAF related

A good original circa 1940's period 'Pea-Nut Club fundraising celluloid tin button badge' displaying a unshelled peanut, the rim with printed maker's details 'Caxton Name Plate MFG.Co. Ltd. Kew Green, Surrey'.
Good condition, complete with original pin fitting, colours remain bright, surface scratches.
Diameter 25mm.

The Pea-nut Club was formed during the Second World War to support the 'Guinea Pig Club' established in 1941 by Sir Archibald McIndoe at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, the Plastic Surgeon who rebuilt the faces of Royal Air Force servicemen burnt in action.

Code: 63509