Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.371.81
Object Name
Badge
Title
1889-1989 MFGB-NUM / Century of Struggle
People
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM); Miners Federation of Great Britain (MFGB)
Events
Founding of the National federation of Mine Workers
Description
Gold-coloured metal badge, with blue enamel. Reads "1889-1989", "MFGB-NUM" and "Century of Struggle" around a central figure of a man in a cap. The badge is in the ornate style of an 1800s union badge.
The badge references the continuation of the mineworkers union, which was established in 1889 as the Miner's Federation of Great Britain, and became the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1944.
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