ANZAC DAY RSS & AILA 1941 Blue Celluloid Badge


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Royal blue celluloid A measuring 35mm wide by 32mm high. Legend reads RSS & AILA down the left leg of the A, ANZAC DAY on the right leg, and 1941 on the crosspiece.

Today’s RSL (Returned & Services League of Australia Limited) was known, in 1941 as the R.S.S.A.I.L.A Returned Sailors’ Soldiers’ and Airmens Imperial League of Australia.