1917 FRANCE & AMERICA WW1 / WWI PINBACK BADGE / WHITEHEAD & HOAG / NEWARK USA

Description

Interesting badge stamped in Newark to commemorate the 1917 USA entry in war. Note there is a mistake in the legend : it reads "LA droit ..." instead of "LE droit"
Obverse
: America and France flags & legend "pour la droit et la liberté 1917"
Reverse
: maker's mark "la compagnie whitehead et hoag, boutons, insignes ... NEWARK, NJ, ETATS UNIS"
Size
: 22 mm or 0,9 inch.
These WW1 "charity day" fundraising souvenirs (cardboard insignia, thin stamped medals, pin badges, more rarely bronze or silver medals) were sold during the Great War to raise money for a variety of causes : mainly supporting the troops fighting on the various fronts, supporting the war effort, supporting wounded soldiers (or having caught tuberculosis)
, soldier's widows, orphans, thanking allied countries, etc...