ANZAC collectables, be they badges, pins, fundraising pins, patches, postcards, or military medals.
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Posted in Cardboard and Celluloid Pins and Badges
Click image to enlarge Irregular pentagonal shaped badge of celluloid over cardboard measuring 24mm wide by 38mm high. Badge comprises a sepia toned photograph with the words S & S DISTRESS FUND APPEAL 1938 at the top and SIMPSON & …
Simpson and His Donkey S & S Distress Fund Appeal 1938 Badge Read More »
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Posted in Tin Badges
Click image to enlarge 32mm round tin badge with spring pin on the reverse. This white badge has a thin red border and bears the portrait of General William Birdwood, the commander of the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli in 1915. …
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Posted in Tin Badges
Click image to enlarge 25mm round tin badge with springback pin on reverse. The front of the badge has a creamy white background and depicts two hands in the “thumbs up” posture with a brown AIF slouch hat in the …
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Posted in Tin Badges
Click image to enlarge 25mm round tin badge with springback pin on reverse. The front of the badge has a white background with what appears to be gum tree branches and leaves as a border. In the center of the …
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Posted in Trench Art
Click image to enlarge Beautifully “wiggle” worked love token on a Heaton Mint struck silver Egypt 5 Quirsh KM#308 (1910-1913) with attached loop. The side of the coin that formerly included the date and denomination has been completely skimmed and …
To Mother from Gordon – WW1 Love Token on Egypt 5 Quirsh Read More »
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Posted in ANZAC Ephemera, Medallions
Click image to enlarge This medal was issued by the South Australian Post Master General’s office to staff members who fought in World War 1. This medal was not issued. You can see an issued example of this medal here …
Un-issued 1919 S.A. Post Master General’s WW1 Medal Read More »
ID Disc – Gnr K.C. Everley Tank Corps Unofficial World War 1 ID Disc (Dog Tag) for a British Soldier, Gunner K.C. Everley, 316942 8th Battery, Tank Corps. Made from 1855 French 10 Centimes with reverse skimmed and engraved. Unusually …
Unofficial WW1 British ID Disc on French 1855 10 Centimes Read More »
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Posted in Militaria, Trench Art
Click image to enlarge ID Disc made from an Australian 1937 crown with reverse skimmed and neatly engraved with: Clarence O Doremus Z-212769 U.S.M.M. Engraving is an interesting style, with incuse engraving that has been rubbed with a dark finish …
USA World War 2 ID Disc – 1937 Crown Clarence O. Doremus U.S.M.M. Z-212769 Read More »
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Posted in Medallions
Click image to enlarge Medal with suspension awarded by the Post Master General’s Department (South Australia) to employees who served in World War 1. Medal is bronze with a loop, measures 31mm in diameter and weighs 10.1 grams. Obverse: Depiction …
WW1 1914-1919 Post Master General’s Medal – E.H. Jennings Read More »