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.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles, Politics & Society
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Bill Watson, 30 Oct 1990
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Place & Date Made
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Place & Date Used
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Collector
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Inscriptions
Printed front "[Japanese text]".
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
6 cm (Length), 0.4 cm (Width)
diameter 6cm.
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Keywords
Anti-Nuclear Protests, Hiroshima Atomic Blast, 6 August 1945, Wars & Conflicts, World War II, 1939-1945, Peace Movements, Anti-War Demonstrations, Anti-Nuclear Protests, Nuclear Disarmament
