World War 1 and 2 era fundraising button badges [SRG 435/19/76-100] • Realia
R.S.A. Building Fund appeal.
WW1 fundraising badge for the R.S.A. (Returned Soldiers' Association) Building Fund appeal, 1918, featuring colour illustration of a large shiled with the words, 'We appeal for your aid, R.S.A. Building Fund, April 15-30 1918', a sailor standing on the left and a soldier standing on the right, with a crown at the top of the shield and a patterned background of blue, white and red stripes, with a maroon rim and border.
R.S.A. Building Fund appeal.
WW1 fundraising badge for the R.S.A. (Returned Soldiers' Association) Building Fund appeal, featuring a colour illustration of the figure of 'Justice', a woman wearing robes and holding in her right hand a sword, and in her left hand a set of scales. On a brown and white background with text around the edge, 'R.S.A. Building Fund appeal, Justice - not charity', and a brown border and rim.
Soldiers' Home League.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Soldiers' Home League, featuring a colour illustration of a nurse sitting with a baby in her lap with the word 'love' above and white background in the shape of a heart. There is a white dove at the top of the heart, which is enclosed in a circle with a dark blue background. The words 'Soldiers' Home League, Love of Empire' are written around the orange border.
Soldiers' Home League.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Soldiers' Home League, featuring colour illustration of the Earth, with Europe highlighted in red, a ring around the earth, a white dove at the top above Europe, and the word 'Hope' at the bottom, on a yellow background. Around the red outer border are words in white text, 'Soldiers' Home League, Hope for a lasting peace'.
Brick Day.
WW1 fundraisng badge for Brick Day, featuring colour illustration of red bricks on a blue circular background, with the words 'Brick Day, Soldiers' Home', and a wide golden border.
YMCA With Our Boys.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Y.M.C.A., featuring a black and white illustration of a soldier, within the upside down red triangle Y.M.C.A. logo, on a white background with text in blue around the edge, 'With the Boys always, everywhere'.
YMCA With Our Boys.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring colour illustration of a llion inside the upside down red tirangle logo of the Y.M.C.A., on a white background with text around the edge, 'With our Boys always, everywhere'.
YMCA Active Service.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Adelaide Y.M.C.A., featuring colour illustration of the Union flag draped across a green upside down triangle, logo of the Y.M.C.A., with 'Adelaide Y.M.C.A.' in red across the bottom, and 'Active Service at home & abroad' around the edge, with a green border.
YMCA 1919.
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.
H.M. Navy, Keep Watch.
WW1 fundraising badge for Her Majesty's Navy, featuring white illustration of an anchor with text 'Adelaide, Oct. 20.16' across the top and bottom, on a blue background with white text around the border, 'H.M. Navy, Keep Watch'.
Navy Day 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge for Navy Day, South Australia, 1918, featuring a colour illustration of an Australian Navy ship at sea at night, with the Southern Cross star constellation in the sky and a map of Australia on the left, and three beams of light emanating from the ship. Written around the white border are the words, 'Navy Day SA 1918'.
Navy Day 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge for Navy Day 1 918, featuring colour illustration of a White Ensign, or Royal Navy flag on a pole, with 'Navy Day 1918' at the bottom, on a black background with an illustrated rope an dknot creating a border.
Navy Day 1918.
WW1 fundraising badge for Navy Day 1918, featuring colour illustration of a Navy sailor in uniform holding a Union Jack flag, with the sea and a Navy ship in the background. Around the white border and the words 'Navy Day 1918, Our Jack'.
Wallaroo S.A. Naval Fair.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Wallaroo, S.A., Naval Fair, September 1918, featuring a colour illustration of an Australian Naval ship, the H.M.A.S. Sydney, at sea.
Stansbury SS. Ceres.
WW1 fundraising badge for Stansbury, located on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, featuring a black and white photograph of the ship S.S. Ceres, in the centre, surrounded by a coloured border illustrated as a blue lifesaver ring, with an Australian flag on the left and the Union Jack on the right, 'Stansbury' at the top, and a red cross at the bottom.
Lest we forget our Boys in France.
WW1 fundraising badge for Anzac Day, featuring colour illustration of two flags on crossed poles, the British Union flag on the left and Australian Red Ensign flag on the right, with the Australian Military Forces rising sun badge at the top in the centre and the words, '25th APR. 1915' at the bottom. Written in the white inner border are the words, 'Lest we forget our Boys in France', on a light blue background. Plastic covering is brittle and is beginning to separate from the paper.
Red Cross and Allied flags.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring colour illustration of a red cross in white circle in the centre, with the flags of the Allied nations spread around the cross in the background, including the British Union Flag, Flags of France, Belgium, United States of America and Australia, among others. At the bottom in a yellow scroll is the motto 'Dieu defend le droit' (God defends the right), and 'September 1917, on a white background. See also item number 93 (below).
Red Cross and Allied flags.
WW1 fundraising badge featuring colour illustration of a red cross in white circle in the centre, with the flags of the Allied nations spread around the cross in the background, including the British Union Flag, Flags of France, Belgium, United States of America and Australia, among others. At the bottom in a yellow scroll is the motto 'Dieu defend le droit' (God defends the right), and 'September 1917, on a white background. See also item number 92 (above).
Allies For Freedom and Life.
WW1 fundraising badge depicting the flags of the Allied nations in front of a white map of Australia and 'Allies' in a scroll at the bottom of the map, on a blue background, with the words 'for freedom and life' at the bottom. The flags depicted are: Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia and Italy.
Kadina District Trained Nursing Society.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Kadina District Trained Nursing Society (D.T.N.S.), featuring a D.T.N.S. logo of intertwined red letters on a white background, with text in blue in a border around the edge, 'District Trained Nursing Society, Kadina'.
District Trained Nursing Society, Kadina.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Kadina District Trained Nursing Society (D.T.N.S.), featuring a logo in the centre of a stylised red cross, with each arm of the cross shaped like an arrow pointing inwards to the centre, on a white background, with white text around the dark blue border, 'District Trained Nursing Society, Kadina 1919'.
Campbelltown and Athelstone Carnival.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Campbelltown and Athelstone carnival of 1917, featuring an illustration outlined in green of a competitor wearing a red jacket and hat on a horse jumping a fence, competing in a steeplechase competition.
Repatriation carnival.
WW1 fundraising badge for the Kadina, Wallaroo Mines and District Repatriation Carnival of August 1917, featuring an illustration of mining buildings and machinery in silhouette in the centre, with a clock above, surrounded by a wreath of wheat, and text in scrolls 'Repatriation Carnival Aug 1917' across the middle, and 'Kadina & Wallaroo Mines & Distric' at the bottom, on a pale blue background.
For King and Country.
WW1 fundraising badge for Seacliff, S.A., featuring a colour illustration of a landscape scene of a small boat on a lake surrounded by trees and hills, with text around the edge in a white border 'For King and Country, Seacliff S.A. 1917', and a blue rim.
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 Institute building with text around the edge, 'Carnival Day Maitland, Nov. 6 1918'.