WW1 Irish 1914 Cumann na mBan & Inghinidhe na hÉireann Mergence Badge

For sale is an exceptionally rare WW1 Irish 1914 Cumann na mBan & Inghinidhe na hÉireann Mergence Badge. This badge was made and issued in 1914 by Johnson Ltd, Dublin and is marked Sterling for members of the Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland) into the Cumann na mBan (The Women's Council). 

  Inghinidhe na hÉireann "Daughters of Ireland" was a radical Irish nationalist women's organisation led and founded by Maud Gonne from 1900 to 1914, when it merged with the new Cumann na mBan.    Cumann na mBan "The Women's Council" but in English termed The Irishwomen's Council), abbreviated C na mB, is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, merging with and dissolving Inghinidhe na hÉireann, and in 1916, it became an auxiliary of the Irish Volunteers. Although it was otherwise an independent organisation, its executive was subordinate to that of the Irish Volunteers, and later, the Irish Republican Army.   Cumann na mBan was active in the War of Independence and took the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War. Cumann na mBan was declared an illegal organisation by the government of the Irish Free State in 1923. This was reversed when Fianna Fáil came to power in 1932.   In 1913, a number of women decided to hold a meeting in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, for the purpose of discussing the possibility of forming an organisation for women who would work in conjunction with the recently formed Irish Volunteers. A meeting led by Kathleen Lane-O'Kelly (née Shanahan) on 2 April 1914 marked the foundation of Cumann na mBan. Branches, which pledged to the Constitution of the organisation, were formed throughout the country and were directed by the Provisional Committee.[4] The first branch was named the Ard Chraobh, which held their meetings in Brunswick Street before and after the 1916 Easter Rising.   This badge is in good condition and is an exceptionally rare badge. This Will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.