British style poppy for November 11.

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Cavscout's link is useful if you want lots of the metal lapel pins but if you just want the one this link is useful Same store, different page.

Interesting to note that these metal poppy badges with the leaf at 11 o'clock are sold for individual purchase only and the ones with the leaf at 1 o'clock are sold for bulk orders only.

I have one of each and bought my 1 o'clock variant at a CWWG memorial in France (36 Ulster Div). The Poppy seller at my local Sainsbury's this year suggested I was wearing a fake because the leaf wasn't at 11 and showed me that all of his were the same. I politely referred him to the poppy-shop website (I am a Royal British Legion member too so I wouldn't wear a fake.)

The poppy appeal do get more back from sales of the 11 o'clock poppies but if you want masses for distribution amongst your mates then the 1 o'clock is probably the way to go. Don't worry, they are both legal and have the added bonus you can wear them all year round (as many people in UK are doing now).

Good luck in your quest for paper poppies. Have a browse around the poppy-shop site, there's loads of good stuff to be had. Check out the umbrellas.

Thanks for the lore, and also for the link. That may be the slowest-to-load website I've had since the days of dial up. But I will persevere- a pin would be a long-term solution to my annual problem.

Canadian poppies are excellent BTW and the charity is a particularly outstanding one- but on the 11th I wear both styles if possible.