Since the founding of The Salvation Army Brooches, Badges and Pins have been in use. Amongst these are Badges of Special Events, Insignias or and sometimes even Orders.
The collection of the Salvation Army Museum in Basel not only includes badges and brooches that are more than over hundred years old, but also new pins. Most of the badges were worn to show affiliation to the Salvation Army. With the introduction of the uniform, brooches became, in part, an element of the Salvation Army uniform.
Ascension Day
Each year for more than 100 years, on Ascension Day, Swiss members of The Salvation Army celebrated a congress. On this occasion, badges, pins or ribbons were worn by participants as a festival insignia. In The Salvation Army Museum Basel some of these can be found.
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Fighting Faith
In 1947, General Albert Orsborn decided to start the "Fighting Faith" campaign. In many countries pins were made with the logo of this campaign.
Many events were held with this theme, for example the Divisional Youth Congress held in Basel, and led by Commissioner M. Allemand.
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The Boundless Congress
In 2015, The Salvation Army celebrated its 150th anniversary. For this reason, an International Congress, lasting several days, was held in London. The Salvation Army designed a special logo for this occasion.
At this Congress, Salvationists from all over the world met in the O2 Arena. The Salvationists celebrated this 150th Anniversary in a very colourful manner with many concerts with Salvation Army Bands and Salvation Army Choirs from all over the world.
Various U.S.A.
For many years The Salvation Army made elaborate pins, with decorative ribbons, for their congresses in the U.S.A.
Below are a few examples:
An Old Badge from the USA
This is a particularly striking example as it has a picture on the back as well as on the front.
On the front one can see the crossed flags of The Salvation Army and the U.S.A. The crest of The Salvation Army is shown below the crossed flags. But the crown on top of the crest was replaced by an American eagle due to copyright issues in the U.S.A.
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