WW1 Navy & Army Canteen Board (NACB) Kings Crown Cap Badge

A large die struck blackened brass cap badge (almost looks bronzed from the front) with two original flat loops to the reverse.5.2cm wide and 4.8cm tall. In very good condition with sharp detail. Artistically this is a very attractive item.

The Navy and Army Canteen Board (NACB), along with the Expeditionary Force Canteens, was a precursor to the NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) set up in 1921. The NACB was formed in 1917 from an amalgamation of the Army Canteen Committee, the Canteen and Mess Society, Dickenson's and all other contractors that supplied the Army; the Admiralty also rapidly transferred its allegiance to the NACB, thereby centralising control of the canteen system within the Armed Forces. In March 1917 the extensive appointment of women under the NACB was sanctioned. The Local Education Authorities released 300 trained domestic economy teachers who were appointed as officers. The strength of the Corps in November 1918 was 12,000. After the Armistice eight officers and 500 members of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) in France were transferred to the NACB to carry on the canteen work for the Expeditionary Force Canteens during the dispersal of British troops in France. Two officers and 120 members worked with the Army of Occupation in Cologne.

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Code: 66110