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Queensland Ambulance Association enamel badge

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Wallace Bishop

Overview

Circular, enamel and metal lapel pin badge issued by the Queensland Ambulance Association.
It features a central red Maltese Cross with gold borders set against a white background. The words 'QUEENSLAND AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION' are inlaid in gold lettering around a vibrant blue enamel outer border, which also has gold edging.
The reverse has a pin clasp for attachment and the maker's name 'WALLACE BISHOP BRISBANE' impressed on the lower side.

Historical information

Before the modernisation and centralisation into the government-run Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) in 1991, ambulance services across Queensland operated through localised ambulance transport brigades, associations, and committees dating back to the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries.
Badges such as this were worn historically by staff, volunteers, or first-aiders associated with Queensland's early ambulance transport brigades.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW01081

Item type

Badges

Collectibles

Ephemera

Personal Effects

Themes

Medicine and Health

Material

Enamels

Metal

Width

20 mm

Height or length

20 mm

Depth

5 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On front of badge:

"QUEENSLAND AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION"

On reverse of badge:

"WALLACE BISHOP
BRISBANE"

Keywords

Badges & Buttons

Membership Badge

History - Social

Place made

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Last modified

Thursday, 17 September, 2026

Completeness

88

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