Wear a Shamrock for the Orphans

[Kent, Washington]: Edwin Briscoe Memorial Training School, 1920. Very good to near-fine. Sunned.. A remarkable, albeit distressing, survival: a printed badge cut into the shape of a shamrock, with the message "Wear a Shamrock for the Orphans" above an image of the Edwin Briscoe Memorial Training School, a Catholic boarding school for boys. Flags representing the U.S. and Ireland flank the image. Based in Kent, Washington, the School was in operation from 1909 until 1970. Measures approx. 2.75" by 3.25", with small pinhole at head for pinning the badge to clothing. Sadly, it left behind a disturbing legacy; the Catholic orphanage was the site of extensive physical and sexual abuse for the boys, several of whom have filed lawsuits and raised awareness about the horrific since.