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1939 Western Australian baseball badge

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Overview

1939 Western Australian baseball badge. A metal badge mounted on a stick pin. Round in shape, with black outlines representing a baseball and depicting a black swan, W.A. and 1939 on a yellow background.

Historical information

This 1939 Western Australian baseball badge forms part of Glen Dunstan's scrapbook of baseball memorabilia.

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cwa-org-100-2020.89

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People
Popular Culture
Social History
Sport

Material

Width

2 cm

Inscriptions and markings

W.A.
1939

Contextual Information

Glen Dunstan was Captain of the 1939 Western Australian Claxton Shield baseball team. Glen's scrapbook of baseball memorabilia which contained the badge, was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Dunstan family.

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