The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. Features a gold-bordered art nouveau style heart within a green wreath, surmounted by a yellow seven-pointed star, all on a royal purple background. The words 'Discharged Soldiers' Fund For Our Returned Soldiers' feature within the heart, on a buff background. A gold and white border encloses the whole design. The word 'Copyright' appears on one lower edge but features no maker's details.
Fundraising badge produced to support the South Australian Discharged Soldiers' Fund. 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 raising funds for returned soldiers. In total the fund raised over 500.000 pounds during the war for its cause.
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. Features an central Royal Navy ensign, enclosed by a lifebuoy on which is printed 'Our Sailor's Day'. T
Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. Features the head and shoulders of a French general in a kepi against a French flag, bordered in a whit
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 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. Two crossed flags are accompanied by the words 'S.A. APPEAL'. Fundraising badge produced in South Australia