Summary

Alternative Name(s): button

This badge was made and used around 1982. It commemorates Hiroshima Day and was purchased there. It is part of a collection of buttons assembled by the donor while active in left-wing politics at the University Melbourne, circa 1979-86.

Physical Description

Circular button, metal with painted front and large safety pin threaded through two holes in back. Front is pale purple with line drawing of child in centre with painted face and colourful painted bird in foreground. Japanese text above and below in blue.

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