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World War One Australia Army Nurses Day 1919 Pinback Button Badge - very rare
$ 105.59
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Description
World War One Australian Pinback Button BadgeAUSTRALIA World War One Tin Lapel Political Patriotic Pin Back Button Badge very scarce - almost 100 years old
This is a 1919 World War One issued Australia Army Nurses Day 1919 fund raising Badge
World War I 1919 "ARMY NURSES DAY" of Australia Pinback Button Badge - Very Scarce
Description
WWI commemorative circular plastic-coated pressed tinplate metal badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment on the reverse. This fund raising badge has a white background featuring a wreath with Red Crosses at the North - South - East - West positions. In the center of the wreath is a shield with the inscription "ARMY NURSES DAY 1919" inside. Atop the shield is a World War 1 Army ambulance.
Inscription:
ARMY NURSES DAY 1919
Maker
A W Patrick
Place made
Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made
c 1919
Size
approximately 32 mm round ( 1 1/4 inches )
Summary:
Australian Army Nurses Day was celebrated on October 3 1919 to honor those angels of mercy who crossed the ocean with the Australian expeditionary forces during the Great War, and who, shared in their hardships.