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Australia Day 1918. [SRG 435/18/10] • Realia

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Summary

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.

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Physical description

Artefacts (badges)
tin (pressed tin circle badge with an image on front and pin attachment verso)
Badge (tin), 3.3 cm.

Dates / Publication details

1918

Creator

Returned Services League of Australia

Collection

Part of RSL Collection

Subject

Birdwood, William Riddell, Baron, 1865-1951.
Galway, Henry, Sir, 1859-1949.
Australia. Army -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
Returned Services League of Australia. South Australian Branch.
Cheer-up Society (S.A.)
Australian Red Cross Society. South Australian Division.
Meningie Hotel (Meningie, S.A.)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- War work -- Red Cross.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- South Australia.
Charities -- South Australia -- Adelaide.
Fund raising -- South Australia.
Badges -- South Australia.
Australia Day -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.

Catalogue record

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General notes

See also SRG 435/18/25 for another item from Series 18.

For more information about badges and War fundraising, see also PRG 280/1/15/196, SRG 770/40/309, B 56327/32.

Digitisation information

Date

28/05/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,194 x 2,936 pixels (9.4 MP)

Size

28.17 MB

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