The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Poster showing the badges of the RAAF. The poster features 17 different badges belong to the Squadrons of the RAAF, which are presented in four rows. At the top of the poster is the title, white text against a red background, with red kangaroos surrounded in a blue circle on either side. Each badge features a unique symbol with a unique motto. For example, No. 75 Squadron of Butterworth, Malaysia features a Magpie, and bears the motto 'Seek and strike'. The badge for No. 35 Squadron of Richmond, NSW features a rearing horse against a blue circle, with the motto 'Sure'. The RAAF badge or crest features the Imperial Crown, a wedge-tailed eagle and the Latin motto 'Per Ardua Ad Astra'. In 1937 the then Chester Herald, John Heaton-Armstrong, was commissioned to prepare a badge for the RAAF, which was accepted in 1939. Although no detailed record of the translation exists, it is accepted to mean: 'Through Struggle to the Stars'.
Black cotton sateen backed with cotton organza. The badge of the Royal Flying Corps has been hand embroidered in grey, green, red, white and blue cotton diagonally across the centre of the cloth with
Pair of Warrant Officer's cloth sleeve badges. Badge is a light blue and red Royal Coat of Arms embroidered on RAAF blue cloth. Associated with 421324 Flying Officer Morris Dolf Freudenstein RAAF, w
Australian Second World War recruitment poster features a woman against a light blue background holding her baby who is swaddled in a pink blanket. The image takes up the left half of the poster; on t
Australian Second World War recruitment poster features a woman against a light blue background holding her baby who is swaddled in a pink blanket. The image takes up the left half of the poster; on t
Two collar badges. A palm tree between two crescent moons within a circle inscribed 'NORTHERN RIVERS LANCERS', surrounded by a wattle wreath and surmounted by an Imperial crown. At the base a scroll w
British First World War poster issued by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee. Text only arranged in banner form, in white against a red background. The text includes a large '5 shillings' in dark