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Legacy Australia badge (gold)
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2007/087:034
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Legacy Australia badge (gold)
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Metal, shield-shaped badge depicting the torch emblem of Legacy Australia, a charitable organisation aiming to care for dependents of deceased Australian servicemen. The badge has yellow and red enamel paint and is on a long pin. The maker's name, A.J. Parkes, is impressed on the reverse as is "$5", the purchase price for this fund-raising badge. This badge belonged to Australian Jewish serviceman Alfred Davis who was a wireless translator and intelligence officer in WWII, primarily serving in the Philippines.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Australia
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]badges, fallen soldiers, charitable organisations
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]badges
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- badge width: 10.00 mm
height: 20.00 mm
pin length: 30.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred (Alf) Israel David via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2007