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Fuchsia Societies and their badges or logo's

During meetings of Fuchsia Societies there are to recognize experienced and fanatic fuchsialovers to a pined badge with on it the logo of their Fuchsia Society. At least, so I have experienced when I become a member of our Dutch Fuchsia Society. When you aren't still experienced then, soon allready you want also to distiguish yourself with such a distinguishing sign and you buy yourself such a badge, create with it the impression to belong to that 'fuchsia elite group'. After years you discover that carrying such a badge is 'all show' and many members think obvious just so. Now I seldom see members of our Fuchsia Society decorated with such a nice badge, by way of exception then during meetings of international niveau.

  Fuchsialovers are real collectors. Not only of the many varieties of fuchsias but also of needlework, porselain and other things on which is an image of the fuchsia. In England this collecting hobby is known as 'Fuchsia Lore'. A very special theme of collecting is the collecting of the badges of the different fuchsia societies. Last year after receiving by email a request of the daughter of a highly-aged English fuchsialover, my NKvF-badge became a part of the collection of him. And when you during a meeting of the Dutch Fuchsia Society meet a carrier with the North Devon Fuchsia Society-badge, than it could be that it is the editor of this website. Yes, he has got that badge as service of the allready named daughter.