Summary
Alternative Name(s): Pin, Button
Fundraising badge from World War I.
Red Triangle Days were held in both Australia and New Zealand to raise money for the Y.M.C.A. The earliest references to Red Triangle Days seem to be from 1917.
Physical Description
Round metal badge in red, white blue and gold. Stickpin at back. Gold border, white centre and red triangle with words in sides of triangle. Words in border. Name and address of maker on outer lower rim.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr H. Legge, 14 Feb 1989
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Place & Date Created
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Inscriptions
Outer border: "RED TRIANGLE DAY" In red triangle: "GOD / KING / COUNTRY" Outer lower rim: "A E PATRICK 34 WILSON [illegible] NEWTOWN SYD"
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Classification
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
3 mm (Height), 22 mm (Outside Diameter)
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References
'The Young Man's Christian Association,' Presbyterian Archives Research Centre, Photo Gallery No 14: "New Zealand at War : 1914-1918" (Page Three), [Link 1] "IN AUSTRALIA." Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) 13 May 1917: 1. Web. 23 Sep 2014 <[Link 2]>.
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