The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse . The design is in red and black on a white background and features the words: 'Red Letter Day / for / Mained Soldiers / Wattle Day League, Hospital Wing / Dec 21 1917'. Central to the design is an envelope in red containing the words 'South Australia' and 'Hospital Wing, Keswick'.
Fundraising badge produced for 'Red Letter Day for Soldiers' in 1917. Such badges were sold in trams, buses, at railways stations and at rallies to raise money for the stated cause. This example is associated with the Wattle Day League, formed almost concurrently in NSW and South Australia in 1909-10 with the purpose of promoting awareness of the plant, encouraging people to wear it and pushing for its adoption as a national symbol. The homesickness felt by many troops serving in France and the Middle East saw the wattle become a powerful symbol for Australia and home. The League used its popularity to promote and support many fundraising events; in this case, the Keswick Military Hospital and its work with maimed soldiers. By the end of the war the South Australian Wattle Day League had raised 14,264 pounds.
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. A French flag and a Red Cross symbol with a starburst pattern behind it sit on a gold background. The w
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'Gawler Red Cross 1918' appear in red around the circumference within a narrow red border, enclosin
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'Red Cross Appeal 1918', an illustration of a nurse attending a bedridden patient and the Red Cross
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'Navy Day Adelaide October 1917 Keep Watch' appear in a red edged white border, enclosing a coloure
Circular pressed tin badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse.The words 'Gallipoli Day April 25th 1919' appear around the circumference, enclosing a green wreath which surrounds
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. A scroll and a Red Cross symbol overlay an Italian flag. The words 'Italian Red Cross' are printed in
