Pigeon fancier

Pigeon fancier thread embroidered specialty badge according to an original.

White Carrier pigeon embroidered.
Black toptitched on the wings and and the tail.

To choose from:

- Background wool color: horizon blue 1, horizon blue wool 2, other (on request).

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the pigeon was the only means of communicating during the siege of Paris.
During the First World War, it was widely used and proved very effective over short distances across the battlefields.

Dimensions: approximately 60 x 30mm.