World War 1 and 2 era fundraising button badges [SRG 435/19/101-125] • Realia
Carnival Day, Maitland.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Carnival Day held in Maitland, S.A. on 6 November 1918, featuring a black and white photograph of the Maitland Hospital building, with text around the edge, 'Carnival Day Maitland, Nov. 6 1918'.
Hospital Institute Carnival, Maitland.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Maitland Hospital Institute Carnival held in 1919, featuring a black and white photograph of buildings, thought to be a street in Maitland, with text around the edge.
Vote for Queen of Agriculture.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Queen competition, featuring a gold outlined illustration of a bale of hay, on a white background with blue border and blue text around the edge, 'vote for the Queen of Agriculture 1918'.
Glenelg Carnival 1919.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Glenelg Carnival held in 1919, featuring an illustration of a bulldog in the centre with three smaller illustrations of other breeds of dog underneath, in a white border with the words 'Glenelg Carnival', on a light blue background.
Henley Regatta 1919.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Henley Regatta held in 1919, featuring a black and white portrait of an unknown woman, with a grey background.
Catherine Booth Fair.
WW1 fundraising badge for a Catherine Booth ('Mother of the Salvation Army') Fair, held on 29-31 August, featuring a black and white portrait of Catherine Booth on a white backgroud. Written around rim: 'Admit bearer to the Catherine Booth Fair, Aug 29th to 31st'. The badge was used as a ticket to gain entrance to the fair.
Christian Endeavour 12th Australasian Convention.
WW1 fundraising badge for the 12th Australasian Convention of Christian Endeavour, held in Ballarat, Victoria, from 18 to 26 September 1918, featuring the Christian Endeavour logo, a red 'CE' on a white star on a blue circular background, with text around white inner border, and a red outer border and rim.
Christian Endeavour.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Christian Endeavour group, featuring the logo of the group in blue in the centre, on a white background with a blue border.
Christian Endeavour, Get You Ready.
WW1 fundraising badge for Christian Endeavour, featuring the Christian Endeavour CE logo in a white star, and a red flag with the words 'Get you ready', on a blue background.
Ballarat, 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention.
WW1 fundraising badge for the 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention held in Ballarat from 18 to 26 September 1918, featuring a black and white photograph of buildings and streets in Ballarat, with a blue border and text around the edge.
Ballarat Gardens, 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention.
WW1 fundraising badge for the 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention held in Ballarat from 18 to 26 September 1918, featuring a hand-coloured photograph of passengers on a small boat travelling on a river in the Ballarat Gardens, with a blue border and text around the edge.
Ballarat Eureka Stockade Memorial, 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention.
WW1 fundraising badge for the 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention held in Ballarat from 18 to 26 September 1918, featuring colour illustration of the Eureka Stockade Memorial in Ballarat, with a blue border and text around the edge. Words at the top of the image: 'Eureka, Ballarat, Australia's only battlefield[?]'.
Sturt Street, Ballarat, 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention.
WW1 fundraising badge for the 12th Australasian Christian Endeavour Convention held in Ballarat from 18 to 26 September 1918, featuring a hand-coloured black and white photograph of the Town Hall, vehicles and pedestrians on Sturt Street in Ballarat, with a blue border and text around the edge.
Victor Harbour Soldiers' Memorial Gardens.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Victor Harbour Soldiers' Memorial Gardens, featuring a colour illustration of a woman wearing a white and red dress and hat sitting in a clam shell on a beach with the sea in the background, with red text around white border.
Victor Harbour Soldiers' Memorial Gardens.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Victor Harbour Soldier's Memorial Gardens, featuring a colour illustration of a seagull flying over the sea near the beach, with white text around blue border.
Edwardstown Soldiers' Memorial Ground.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Edwardstown Soldiers' Memorial Ground, featuring a colour illustration of a crossed tennis racquet and cricket bat on a grassy sports field, with balls on the ground and football goal posts in the background, with text around white border.
Methodist Hospital Grounds.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a black and white photograph of the Methodist Hospital Grounds, possibly in Adelaide, South Australia, showing entrance gates and trees and a building in the background, with a red border and text around the edge.
Protestant War Memorial Fund.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Protestant War Memorial Fund, featuring a colour illustration in the centre of the South Australian Boer War memorial on the corner of North Terrace and King William Street, with the flags of the United Kingdom and Australia in the background, and in a scroll at the bottom the words 'Lest we forget, S.A.', with a black border and words around the edge 'Protestant War Memorial Fund'.
S.A. Scout Rally souvenir.
WW1 fundraising badge for the S.A. Scout Rally, 1917, featuring a colour illustration of a boy dressed in his Scout uniform, holding a flag with a kangaroo on it, and the words 'Be prepared' at the bottom, on a white background, with a gold border and text in white around the edge.
Sergeant Barrett's Gallipoli Concert Party, 1917.
WW1 fundraising badge for Sergeant Barrett's Gallipoli Concert Party, featuring a black and white photograph of six of the performers from the concert, who may include: Sergeant J.R. Barrett (baritone), Private J. Dillon (elocutionist), Sergeant C.H. Toovey (comedian), Private A. Hammond (orator), Sergeant Peter Molloy (tenor), Sergeant W.M. Harrell (elocutionist), Private E.R. Marchant (pianist), Private Ivan Spencer (tenor), and Private Shinfield (humorous elocutionist). No. 85, Sergeant James Robert Barrett, of Glenelg, South Australia, served with the 9th Light Horse in the Middle East including at Gallipoli, and after being injured and declared medically unfit, returned to Australia in 1916. He formed and lead an entertainment troupe of returned wounded soldiers which toured around Australia performing songs, recitations, sketches and humorous items, possibly raising funds for the war effort.
Captain Mac.
WW1 fundraising badge, featuring a black and white portrait of 'Captain Mac, the first Australian S.A. chaplain', Chaplain Major William McKenzie, who was awarded a Military Cross for his inspiring work tending the wounded and dead at Gallipoli, with a tartan pattern border.
A.A.M.C. Field Ambulances.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Australian Army Medical Corp Field Ambulances, featuring a brown diamond in the centre, on a white background, with black text around the edge.
State War Council.
WW1 fundraising badge for the State War Council, featuring colour illustration of the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, with camels walking past in the desert, with text around the edge, 'State War Council, Help those who are helping you: 1918', and a blue border. Pin from back has broken off.
British War Tank.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a black and white illustration of a British War Tank in action in the front lines, and a biplane flying in the sky above, with the words 'British War Tank, Adelaide Sept. 1918' around the edge.
Gallipoli Day, Unley 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Unley Gallipoli Day, 1918, featuring a light blue four-leaf clover with the words 'God bless our men' in the leaves and a red cross in the centre, on a dark blue background, with text around the light blue border.