World War 1 era fundraising button badges [SRG 435/18/1-24] • Realia
Violet Day.
WW1 fundraising badge for Violet Day, with gold rim and border, cross at top, violets around the sides and a white shield at the bottom with a gold crown and 'Violet Day'.
Wattle Day.
WW1 fundraising badge for Wattle Day, 'League Hospital Wing', with a brown background and featuring illustration of a bulldog with a bandaged paw, with 'Dec. 21-1917, Bruised but not beaten' at the bottom.
Bulldog.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring an illustration of a bulldog.
British monarchy.
WW1 fundraising badge of the British monarchy, featuring a blue background with the coat of arms of the United Kingdom at the top, and illustrations of King George V on the left, and Queen Mary on the right, surrounded by wreaths and connected with a yellow ribbon.
General Birdwood.
WW1 fundraising badge of General Sir William Riddell Birdwood, featuring blue background and illustrated portrait of General Birdwood in military uniform (British Army officer and commander of the Anzacs during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915).
Australia Day 1917.
WW1 fundraising badge for Australia Day 1917, with 'For Honor & Liberty' written around rim at the bottom, and an illustration of a charging horseman holding a sabre in his right hand and a Union flag in his left hand.
Australia Day 1917.
WW1 fundraising badge for Australia Day 1917, with 'For Honor & Liberty' written around rim at the bottom, and an illustration of a charging horseman holding a sabre in his right hand and a Union flag in his left hand.
Australia Day 1917.
WW1 fundraising badge for Australia Day 1917, featuring gold text 'For Soldiers, Sailors, Nurses' written across the bottom, and 'Their sacrifice is worth your sacrifice' written around the rim at the bottom. In centre is a blue background with a map of Australia and an illustration of an armed soldier preparing for action in the centre of the map.
Australia Day 1917.
WW1 fundraising badge for 'Australia Day 1917, somewhere in France', featuring black text around the rim and in the centre a silhouette illustration of a soldier seated with a machine gun, preparing to fire.
Australia Day 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge for Australia Day 1918, featuring a white background with a blue circle with a yellow rim in the centre, small map of Australia to the right with text inside, and an illustration of a woman, Britannia, wearing a Corinthian helmet and carrying a trident, with a red billowing cape and a round shield with the Union Jack on the front by her feet.
Australia Day 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge for Australia Day 1918, featuring a blue background with illustration of a kangaroo in the centre with a wreath surrounding a crown at the top.
Australia Day, Prospect 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge created for Australia Day, Prospect 1918, featuring illustration of a kangaroo on a beach in front of a Union flag, with the sea in the background and a troopship on the right.
Australia Day 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge created for Australia Day 1918, featuring a green background with an illustration of a bulldog wearing a Union flag blanket and carrying a French flag in its mouth with a red, white and blue stripe.
Australia Day 1918, Farmers' button.
WW1 fundraising badge created for Australia Day, July 1918, 'The Farmers' Button', featuring a grey background with an illustration in the centre of a ram and a bull in front of bales of hay.
Australia Day.
WW1 fundraising badge created for Australia Day, with the text 'Forest Road, Carey's Gully, Piccadilly, Uraidla, Summertown', featuring gold rim with white background and portrait of a gentleman in the centre.
America Day.
WW1 fundraising badge created for America Day by the Cheer-Up Society S.A., featuring an illustration of two soldiers, an Australian soldier on the left with the Australian flag behind him, and an American soldier on the right with the flag of the United States behind him, standing on opposite sides of a cliff, reaching across to shake hands, with the ocean in the background and an aircraft flying in the sky.
R.S.A. Building Fund Appeal.
WW1 fundraising badge for the R.S.A. (Returned Soldiers' Association) Building Fund Appeal, featuring the text 'Help the Boys. R.S.A. Building Fund Appeal, April 15-30 1918' in a gold shield in the centre, with three flags on poles in the background, the flag of England with the Union Jack in the top right corner, the Union Flag in the centre, and the flag of Australia on the right.
R.S.A. Building Fund.
WW1 fundraising badge for the R.S.A. (Returned Soldiers' Association), featuring the text 'Our present leisure moments, The R.S.A. Building Fund is for something better' on a blue background, with illustration in the centre of soldiers standing outside a brick building.
Patriotic Carnival.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring the text 'Patriotic Carnival, Campbelltown, Athelsone & District' around the rim, on a green background with illustration of fruits and vegetables in centre.
French Red Cross Appeal.
WW1 fundraising badge created for the French Red Cross Appeal 1919, featuring the text 'French Red Cross Appeal, Dec. 19, 1919. Patron Sir Henry Galway, K.C.M.G., D.S.O.', and an illustration of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Galway (Governor of South Australia 1914-1920) in military uniform.
Repatriating soldiers.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring the text 'To help repatriate our soldiers, Maitland, 1919', and an illustration of a famer ploughing a field with a team of horses.
Mount Torrens, Queen of Children 1919.
WW1 fundraising badge created for the Mount Torrens Queen contest, featuring the text 'Mount Torrens, Queen of Children 1919', with a black and white photograph of a young girl sitting on a horse in a field with trees in the background.
Meningie Hotel.
Badge dating from the WW2 era, featuring the text 'Meningie Hotel, T.P. Menzies, Proprietor', and a black and white illustration of the Meningie Hotel building with trees in the background. A small leather strap with a buckle is fastened through the front and back of the badge. See also item 24 below.
Meningie Hotel.
Badge dating from the WW2 era, featuring the text 'Meningie Hotel, T.P. Menzies, Proprietor', and a black and white illustration of the Meningie Hotel building with trees in the background. A small leather strap with a buckle is fastened through the front and back of the badge. See also item 24 below.
Meningie Hotel.
Badge dating from the WW2 era, featuring the text 'Meningie Hotel, T.P. Menzies, Proprietor', and a black and white illustration of the Meningie Hotel building with trees in the background. Missing small leather strap with a buckle. Written on card on back of badge: 'Name: SX 27998 L/CPL Watson, 14th HBT. SUPP DEPT. PL.' (Walter Maxwell Watson, born 1923, enlisted 12 January 1943 at Keswick, posted at 89 SUP DEPT PL).See also item 23 above.
Meningie Hotel.
Badge dating from the WW2 era, featuring the text 'Meningie Hotel, T.P. Menzies, Proprietor', and a black and white illustration of the Meningie Hotel building with trees in the background. Missing small leather strap with a buckle. Written on card on back of badge: 'Name: SX 27998 L/CPL Watson, 14th HBT. SUPP DEPT. PL.' (Walter Maxwell Watson, born 1923, enlisted 12 January 1943 at Keswick, posted at 89 SUP DEPT PL).See also item 23 above.