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World War 1 Adelaide Australia 1917 Nelsons Day Recruitment Pinback Button Badge

World War 1 Adelaide Australia 1917 Nelsons Day Recruitment Pinback Button Badge

$ 52.79

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Used
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia

    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 October 1917 World War One issued Adelaide South Australia Nelson's Day England Expects Recruitment Pin Back Badge.
    World War I Australian October Nelson's Day Adelaide 1917 England Expects Recruitment Pinback Button Badge -  Scarce
    Description
    WWI commemorative circular plastic-coated pressed tinplate metal badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment on the reverse. This Australian Navy Recruitment Pin Back Badge depicts a British galleon , presumably the HMS Victory , in brown on a blue ocean, with head & shoulders portrait of a man , presumably Admiral Horatio Nelson,  in blue & white above, white border edged in brown. Inscriptions: "OCTOBER NELSON'S DAY ADELAIDE 1917 / ENGLAND EXPECTS'' (in blue around edge).
    Maker
    A W Patrick
    Place made
    Australia: Victoria , Fitzroy Melbourne
    Date made
    c 1917
    Size
    approximately 32 mm round ( 1 1/4 inches )
    Summary
    This World War One Australia Navy Recruitment badge commemorates the 21 October 1805 Battle of Trafalgar.  ( Nelson's Day ) The badge inscription "ENGLAND EXPECTS'' references the signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson,  from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence ; "England expects that every man will do his duty"