Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.1014.2
Object Name
Badge
Title
PPU
People
Peace Pledge Union (PPU)
Date
circa 1930s?
Description
Square metal pin badge, "P.P.U." standing for Peace Pledge Union in gold on a green background.
Founded in 1934, the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) promotes pacifism and nonviolence, educates on conscientious objection, and challenge everyday normalisation and veneration of the military. PPU distribute the white poppy each year in the run-up to Remembrance Day, as a symbol of remembrance of all victims of war, a challenge of militarism, and a commitment to peace. The poppies were first made in 1933 by the Co-operative Women's Guild, many of whom had lost family and friends in the First World War.
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