World War One Australia Repatriation Day State War Council Pinback Button Badge

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 WWI  issued Australia State War Council Repatriation Day Fund Raising Badge
World War One Australia Repatriation Day State War Council Pinback Button Badge -  Very Scarce
Inscription:
REPATRIATION DAY STATE WAR COUNCIL
Maker
A W Patrick
Place made
Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made
c 1917 - 1918
Size
approximately 32 mm round ( 1 1/4 inches )
Description
WWI circular pressed tinplate pin back badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. The words "REPATRIATION DAY STATE WAR COUNCIL" appear above and below a coloured image of ranked Australian ( Red Ensign ) and British flags overlaid by a yellow shield featuring a magpie with wings upstretched.
Summary
from the Australian War Memorial Museum's Collection
"Fundraising badge produced to support the work of the local Repatriation Funds. Such badges were sold in trams, buses, at railways stations and at rallies to raise money for the stated cause. This undated example is associated with the Repatriation Day organised by the South Australian State War Council and is likely to date from 1917 - 1918. The Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Fund (SA Branch) raised 37,722 pounds during the war, while smaller local Repatriation Committees raised an additional 11,00 pounds. The piping shrike, or magpie, the official state bird, features prominently in the badge design."