WW1 Queen Marys Needlework Guild QMNG volunteer worker's badge

A good original First World War period 'Queen Mary's Needlework Guild volunteer worker's gilt and enamel badge' in the form of a Crowned MR cypher Tudor rose, suspended from a 'Q.M.N.G.' bar. Very good condition, complete with original pin fittings, no damage to the enamel, gilt finish remains bright. Height approx 45mm. The Queen Mary's Needlework Guild came into being after just a few days into the Great War, when Queen Mary's issued a letter on the 4th August 1914 through the Press, to the Women of the Empire asking that it might be rendered 'To alleviate all distress occasioned by the War!' which was the purpose of the guild to provide comforts and create articles of clothing and surgical equipment as well as other gifts to the troops fighting for King and Country at home and abroad.