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World War One Australia Army Nurses Day 1919 Pinback Button Badge - very rare

World War One Australia Army Nurses Day 1919 Pinback Button Badge - very rare

$ 105.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: Used
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    World War One Australian Pinback Button Badge
    AUSTRALIA 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.