Description
Mothers and Widows badge with impressed serial number on reverse upper bar '13494'. Badge takes the form of a black machine embroidered ribbon, showing, in yellow, white and red, sprigs of wattle, a 'Rising Sun' badge and 'FOR AUSTRALIA'. The ribbon is suspended between two white metal bars, the upper one with a brooch fitting and the lower one with a gold star, indicating one relative killed.
Contextual Description
Issued to the mother of George Leslie Trevillian after he was killed on Gallipoli.155 Corporal G L Trevillian served with 6 Battalion AIF. He enlisted on 17 August 1914 and was killed in action during the second Battle of Krithia, on Gallipoli, on 8 May 1915. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Cape Helles Memorial.
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Accession Number
REL30703
Physical Description
Material: Metal
Material: Silk
Measurement
Overall: 100 mm x 64 mm
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