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World War One 1917 Australia Henley Beach Regatta Patriotic Pinback Button Badge

World War One 1917 Australia Henley Beach Regatta Patriotic Pinback Button Badge

$ 105.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: Used
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
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    Description

    World War One Australian Pinback Button Badge
    AUSTRALIA World War One Tin Lapel Political Patriotic Pin Back Button Badge very scarce - almost 100 years old
    This is a 1917 issued South Australia Henley Beach Regatta "In Aid of Patriotic Fund" Fundraising Badge
    World War One Australia Henley Beach Regatta 1917 In Aid of Patriotic Fund Pinback Button Badge -  Very Scarce
    D
    escription
    WWI commemorative circular plastic-coated pressed tinplate metal badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment on the reverse.
    Circular
    Patriotic Fund
    badge, featuring a life preserver with a center picture of a boardwalk at Henley Beach , South
    Australia. Around the edges of the button badge within the
    life preserver is the i
    nscriptions: "HENLEY BEACH REGATTA 1917 IN AID OF PATRIOTIC FUND".
    Inscription:
    HENLEY BEACH REGATTA / 1917 / IN AID OF PATRIOTIC FUND
    Maker
    A W. Patrick
    Place made
    Australia: North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Date made
    c 1917
    Size
    approximately 32 mm round ( 1 1/4 inches )
    Summary:
    Henley Beach Regatta , South Australia fund raising badge made in 1917.
    Various Patriotic Funds were established from the outbreak of the Great War which raised funds to aid Australian soldiers and various relief organizations. Collected funds were distributed to organizations including Cheer-up Huts, repatriation funds, hospitals, trench comforts, and the Red Cross.  The activities themselves were diverse, and included parades, jumble sales, badge selling, among others.