AMSTERDAM III (British Railways steamship) - St. Christopher Railways Servants Orphanage, Derby - vintage enamel badge (1950's/1960's)

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For sale is a vintage enamel badge issued by British Railways (BR).

This badge depicts one of a series of BR owned ships and was issued during the 1950's and 1960's to raise funds for their St. Christopher's Railway Servants Orphanage in Derby. This orphanage was opened in 1875 to care for children of railway workers killed in the course of their employment. St. Christopher’s could accommodate up to 300 children (boys and girls) from the ages of 6 to 15 years. From the early 1980’s, the orphanage stopped taking in children and later became a care-home for the elderly before it closed in 1993.

The Amsterdam III was a passenger ferry ship sailings between Harwich and the Hook of
Holland. The newly built ship sailed its maiden voyage on the 11th June 1950 and continued to sail the Harwich-Hook of Holland route until sold to Chandris Line in 1969. The new owners refitted her as a cruise ship and was renamed the Florita. Renamed the Ariane II in 1980, she served as an accommodation ship until shipwrecked in a storm on the 27th January 1987, when she capsized and sank at Fethaye in Turkey.

DESCRIPTION:
Size: 1 9/16“ across x 9/16“ high (about 40mm x 15mm).
Material(s): Brass metal with 3 vitreous enamels.
Finish: Tin plated.
Fitting: Pin.
Imprint: none.
Approximate age: 1955-1965.

CONDITION:
Very good condition. No damage. Pin in working order. There is some wear to the tin plating.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

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RETURNS:
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