State occasions such as coronations, jubilees, weddings and funerals often prompt enormous public interest and the sale of associated memorabilia. This badge was manufactured for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It offers the chance to investigate a famous person and the reasons they have become famous and also to explore the media through which we get to know about public personalities.
United Kingdom
AD 1897
Victorian Britain
aluminium, paper and plastic
diameter: 2.3 cm
British Museum
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