Summary
Alternative Name(s): Pin, Button
Anzac Day Badge, possibly dating from World War I. The badge was produced by the Brighton Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia for Anzac Day, 1920.
Anzac Day is an Australian national holiday to commemorate the landing at Gallipoli by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) on 25 April 1915. The day was officially designated 'Anzac Day' on 25 April 1916.
Physical Description
Coloured metal pin badge, produced by the Brighton Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League of Australia (check name) for Anzac Day, 1920.The badge was made by Atkinson and Company of Adelaide. It shows a soldier with hat and gun reaching out to shake the hand of a uniformed woman, with the legend 'Lest we forget'. In the background, surprisingly, is the Statue of Liberty.
Significance
This badge, one of thousands of fund-raising badges produced for the war effort and for reconstruction after the war, is unusual because it features the American Statue of Liberty to symbolise the liberty and freedom for which, it was felt, the Australians had fought.
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Mr. Garth Walpole, 06 Dec 2004
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Date Inscribed
Victorian Branch Service, Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmens' Imperial League of Australia, Brighton, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1920
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Manufacturer
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Inscriptions
BRIGHTON SUB-BRANCH R.S.&S.I.L.A./LEST WE FORGET/ANZAC DAY.1920
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Type of item
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Object Measurements
5 mm (Depth), 31 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Object Measurements
3.2 cm (Width), 0.55 cm (Height)
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References
'About Anzac Day,' Australian Army, [Link 1]
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Keywords
Anzac Day, Commemorations, National Days, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918
