The stork with the worm is a symbol of the Haag Football Club, or the "ADO Den Haag". It is a spirited rivalry that is hotly contested since 1905...
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
The bird and worm stand symbol of the city 's-Gravenhage, better know as Den Haag.
If it would have any thing to do with football, I would expect the stork holding his right leg on a football (that is in fact the symbol of the Haag Football Club).
Seing the national flag's on the broche I would vote for the "Haagse bond van amateurtuindersverenigingen"; in English; amateur gardeners associations. Knowing that gardening was a commoun hobby in all lands showing on the broche...
Just my 2 cent...
cheers
|<ris
Even better!
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
Not sure it is, but that association was founded in 1938....
Prinses Beatrix was also born that year and broches were made to commorate that event, but I don't think the swas was appropriated on that event.....
I wunder what it realy was made for... (lol!!)
;-)
|<ris
Many thanks for you help? gentlemen, hmmm amateur gardening, football was my first guess.
Despite quite a bit of research today, I still haven't been able to pin it down to any particular event.
I will do a bit more before I finally commit to the purchase (or not)
Again many thanks,
Regards,
Pete
Is the seller asking alot for it? Certainly, it can't be worth a great deal?
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
Depends what you consider a lot. In this case, too me, it is, but some of these multi-national enamels do fetch fair prices. Its $180+. In my mind this compares fairly favorably with what common party badges now fetch.
Well, for what is looking like a Dutch International sports tournament souvenir, the collectability of it must be a fairly narrow market, I would think. Probably not something that I'd invest a couple of hundred dollars into, but that's just me, of course.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
Ah, remember though, that its other classification is as a "tinnie" and there are many avid collectors of those (me included)
Pete
Also, I'm a collector, not an investor.
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