BADGE, ‘RETURNED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS IMPERIAL LEAGUE’, brass and enamel. On back: ‘W/ 4209’ and ‘BISHOP/ BRISBANE’

H2013.147

Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia Membership badge, small, brass, white enamel exterior surmounted with King’s crown. Slightly damaged red enamel on crown. Interior circle displays a sailor and soldier with rifles, surrounded by blue enamel and lettering: ‘RETURNED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS IMPERIAL LEAGUE’. Below is a red enamel banner with lettering: ‘AUSTRALIA’. Stamped on reverse: ‘W/ 4209’ and ‘BISHOP/ BRISBANE’. Two conjoined metal shanks on reverse, one with a folded piece of metal looped through.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2013.147
Accession Date: 6 Jan 2015
Acquisition Year: 2015
Credit: Mr Wilf Harwood

Material

Brass/Metal0 - Whole

Measurement

length28mm
width21mm
depth0.8cm

 


 

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