World War 1 and 2 era fundraising button badges [SRG 435/19/126-155] • Realia
S.A. Tattersalls ANZAC Benefit.
WW1 fundraising badge for S.A. Tattersalls ANZAC Benefit, 1918, featuring a colour illustration of a horse wearing a bridle, on a blue background.
Kadina 'Up' with the times.
WW1 fundraising badge for Kadina, South Australia, featuring a colour illustration of a red aircraft flying past a clock tower with a cloudy sky in the background, and the workds 'Kadina, "Up" with the times, Sept. 6 1919'.
Unley Aviation Day 1919.
WW1 fundraising badge for Unley Aviation Day held on 23 August 1919, featuring a red aircraft flying across the sky, half light blue and half dark blue, with stars in the background, and the words 'Go it Unley' across the top.
Captain H.J. Butler, A.F.C., Minlaton.
WW1 fundraising badge, featuring a black and white photograph of Captain Henry John Butler (1889-1924) in his aircraft, with the Royal Flying Corps badge and motto at the top (per ardua ad astra), and the words 'Capt. H.J. Butler, A.F.C., Minlaton, July 1919' at the bottome, on a white background with a blue border. Captain Butler attended the Australian Flying School at Point Cook, Victoria in 1915, and was commissioned three weeks after joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, becoming a fighting instructor in Scotland and England, and received the Air Force Cross in 1918. Captain Bulter made the first Australian mail-service flight over water on 6 August 1919, flying 67 miles from Adelaide to his home town, Minlaton.
To Our Fallen Heroes.
WW1 fundraising badge dedicated 'To Our Fallen Heroes Memorial, 1919', featuring a black and white illustration of the entrance gates to the Summertown cemetery, Adelaide Hills, with 'In memory of our heroic dead, 1914 1919' written across the gates, on a brown background.
A.S.R.F. Prospect, 1916.
WW1 fundraising badge with a colour illustration in the centre of a soldier in a field with a pitch fork and bales of hay, and text around the edge, 'A.S.R.F. Prospect, Nov. 11, 1916', and a blue border.
For our fighting men.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a colour illustration of the Australian flag in the centre, on a red background, with a light blue border illustrated as a belt, and words around the edge, 'For Our Fighting Men'.
I will help until the war is won.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a map of Australia on a dark blue background, with the stars of the Southern Cross around the edge, and red text in the centre of the map, 'I will help until the war is won', and a gold border.
No surrender, no compromise, no retreat.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a map of Australia with a blue flag in the centre of the map with the word 'Prohibition' across the flag, on a light blue background with text around the edge, 'No Surrender, No Compromise, No Retreat', and a gold border. A researcher has questioned whether this is a WW1 badge. '‘Prohibition‘ is written across a white map with ‘No surrender, no retreat, no compromise’ around the edges. Could this be referring to ‘White Australia’ or Prohibition (as in Temperance) rather than WW1?'
Lest we forget, Australian heroes.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring the crown of the British monarchy in gold in the centre, surrounded by a wreath, with text in gold around the edge, 'Lest We Forget, Australian Heroes', on a cream background.
M.P.S. flag badge.
World War One era badges (also known as buttons or 'tinnies') collected by the R.S.L. Most badges were designed and created to be puchased as a fundraising interest, in order to raise money for various factions of the Red Cross. Included are badges created for occasions such as Australia Day, Violet Day, Army Nurses Day, and French Day, and for charity groups including the Red Cross, the Cheer-Up Society, the R.S.A. Building Fund (Returned Soldiers' Association, which later became the R.S.L.), the Wattle Day League, Soldiers' Home, Children's Patriotic League, Nursing Society, and the Y.M.C.A., as well as official peace badges marking the end of the war and various miscellaneous badges including a Christian Endeavour convention, fundraising carnivals and memorial gardens. Also includes some button badges from the inter-war years, 1919-1938, and from the Second World War, and other metal badges from WW1 and WW2. See below for details.
Port Elliot ACF.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a black and white photograph of sea gulls on a beach, with 'Port Elliot' at the top, and 'A.C.F.' in a red six-pointed start at the bottom, with a black rim.
WW1 badge.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a black and white photograph of the Cheer Up Hut in the Elder Park area, with an illustration at the top of a rising sun above the flag of Great Britain, with a dark blue border.
Lucky charm cat.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a colour illustration of a fluffy grey cat sitting inside a horseshoe with 'Lucky Charm' written on the inside of the horseshoe, on a white background.
Flower badge.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring colour illustrations of various flowers on a white background, with 'D.T.' and 'N.S.' written around the top.
French Red Cross Days, Adelaide.
WW1 fundraising badge showing the official French Red Cross Days in Adelaide, featuring text in centre, 'Official French Red Cross Days Adelaide, Sept. 1915, Nov. 1917, Dec. 1918, Dec. 1919', on a white background, with a blue, white and red striped border.
Official war dates badge.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring official dates, with text in the centre, 'Official, War, 4-8-1914, Armistice, 11-11-18, Peace signed 28-6-1919', with colour illustrations around the border of tanks, aircraft, ships and other equipment and vehicles relating to the war.
Official Peace Button.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a colour illustration in the centre of the Earth, with selected countries marked in red, with a dove at the top carrying in its beak the word 'peace, with text around the inside border, 'Official Peace Button, R.S.A. Funds, signed June 28 1919', with an illustrated wreath border, and a gold rim. See also item no. 144 (below).
Official Peace Button.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring a colour illustration in the centre of the Earth, with selected countries marked in red, with a dove at the top carrying in its beak the word 'peace, with text around the inside border, 'Official Peace Button, R.S.A. Funds, signed June 28 1919', with an illustrated wreath border, and a gold rim. See also item no. 143 (above).
Red Cross 1921.
Red Cross fundraising badge featuring a red cross on a white background with '1921' at the bottom and a dark blue border.
North Terrace T.B. Comforts 1925 Appeal.
Fundraising badge for the North Terrace T.B. Comforts 1925 Appeal, with illustration in the centre of a yellow rising sun on a blue background with words, 'Sunshine for the sick' around the edge, on a cream border with text around the edge.
Souvenir opening, federal capital Canberra.
Souvenir badge for the opening of the federal capital, Canberra, on 9 May 1927, featuring a black and white photograph of an unknown man and woman in the centre, on a gold background, with a royal coat of arms at the top, and text in read around the edge on a white background.
Northern York Peninsula Schools Demonstration.
Fundraising badge for the Northern York Peninsula Schools Demonstration with details for Kadina in the centre, 'Kadina, Thursday, 26th Nov. 1936', in blue text on a white background.
Fighting Forces Comforts Fund, Empire Appeal 1941.
WW2 fundraising badge for the Fighting Forces Comforts Fund, Empire Appeal 1941, featuring a Red Ensign flag in the centre, with 'Mercantile Marine' underneath the flag and a logo for 'FFCF', on a white background with text around the edge.
Australian Comforts Fund Appeal.
WW2 fundraising badge, featuring a colour illustration of a sailor in the centre, with text around the edge on a white background. The badge appears to be printed on paper, with a hard plastic cover and a pin pushed through the top.
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.
Oval shaped badge with an Australian Commonwealth Military Forces rising sun logo in the centre, with a boomerang underneath with the words 'I go to return', on a metallic blue background.
Y.M.C.A. For God, King, and Country.
WW1 circular Y.M.C.A. badge with metal rim and backing, featuring the Y.M.C.A. red upside down triangle logo on a white background in the centre, with a blue border and the words 'For God, King and Country' around the edge.
British Red Cross Society, SA Division.
WW1 circular badge for the British Red Cross Society, South Australian Division, featuring an enamel red cross on white background in the centre, with a dark blue border, text around the edge, and a gold rim.
British crown badge.
Badge in the shape of the British royal crown, coloured with red, blue and white enamel.
District Council of Bute Jubilee.
Golden coloured metal badge created for the District Council of Bute Julibee, 1935, in the shape of a cross with an oval in the centre featuring a green shield with '1935' in the middle, and light blue border with text around the edge.