Summary
Alternative Name(s): button, pin
Round badge with the slogan 'Hiroshima Never Again', circa 1960s-1980s. This is one of a series of badges and peace movement posters acquired by the museum following the exhibition 'Peace: an Exhibition' which explored the Peace movement and was part of the Victorian Government contribution to International Year of Peace in 1986. The badges explore the peace movement, nuclear disarmament and Hiroshima.
Physical Description
Medium size badge with white background. Green circle in centre, covered by a white dove carrying a twig. Green printed text encircling the perimeter of the badge. Pin in the back.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles, Politics & Society
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Nic Maclellan, 23 Feb 1987
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Place & Date Used
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Place & Date of Event
McCoy Hall, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1986 - Sep 1986
Badge displayed in Peace: an Exhibition -
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Inscriptions
Printed text, green ink: HIROSHIMA / NEVER AGAIN
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Overall Dimensions
35 mm (Outside Diameter)
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Keywords
Anti-Nuclear Protests, Economic Geology, Hiroshima Atomic Blast, 6 August 1945, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Issues, Political Protests, Protest Movements, Uranium Mining, International Year of Peace
