PIN OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
1945Left profile bust, brass plated, of Winston Churchill with the inevitable cigar and a stick pin attached to the back.
The school children of Western Australia were given the pin as a memento to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe. This pin was presented to Nola Cameron a student at the Armadale State School. The pin is a silhouette of Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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Text on the back [K G LUKE / MELBOURNE]
Victoria
Australia
The pin was issued to Western Australian school children as a memento to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe. This pin was given to Nola Cameron when she was a student at the Armadale State School.
The pin represents the end of World War II and how governments would issue special pins and medals for school children to commemorate the event. It also represents the international popularity of Winston Churchill who had been Prime Minister of Great Britain during the war.
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