The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. A tiny 'Advance Australia' logo in a yellow rising sun appears above a photographic portrait of General Birdwood, framed by the flags of the United Kingdom and Australia, accompanied by the words 'South Australia' and 'Help Those Who Helped You - Anzac Day April 25th 1915'.
Fundraising badge produced to comemmorate Anzac Day in 1918. 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 Anzac Day activities in South Australia in 1918, a ceremony then only 3 years old. The portrait of Birdwood evokes the high regard in which he was held publically.
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
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
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. Within a brown border are the words 'Australia Day Coo-ee 1916' enclosing a brown and yellow kookaburra
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The badge shows two robed figures holding a Union Jack and the words 'VICTORY 25TH April. 1919'. Fundraisin
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 badge depicts a Gallipoli landing scene, a Victoria Cross and the words 'ANNIVERSARY , 1919./ GALLIPOLI L