The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'SA Soldier's Home League Incorp'd, Myrtle Bank' appear around the circumference with a full colour painted image of an Eastern Rosella parrot perched on a fencepost.
Fundraising badge produced for the South Australian Soldier's Home League at Myrtle Bank. 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 repatriation of South Australian soldiers at Myrtle Bank, a property with a large building in the Adeiaide foothills used as a Repatriation Hospital from Anzac Day 1917 and, after the war, as a veterans home. The South Australian Soldier's Home League raised a total of 12,850 pounds for their cause between 1914 and 1918.
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. Two crossed flags are accompanied by the words 'S.A. APPEAL'. Fundraising badge produced in South Australia
Pair of round badges with brass pin mounting, each depicting an Australian soldier and sailor smiling from a large porthole under the legend 'Coming Home'. The words 'SA SOLDIERS' HOME LEAGUE INC / MY
Pair of round badges with pin mounting, each displaying a painted image of Manna Gum blossom within a star shape, surmounting a blue ring. Bordered in white with the legend 'S.A. SOLDIERS HOME LEAGUE
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The badge has a blue border with the initials '.R.S.A.' in red in the centre, surrounded by 'RETURNED SOLDIER
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'On Active Service' appear at the top of the badge, above a colour image of a bulldog standing agai
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words 'H.M.Navy / Keep Watch' are printed in white against a medium blue background and enclose an white
