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Second World War ‘Australian Military Forces’ Brass Buttons as collected by Sapper Charles Kingsley MOHR, WX26433

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Bentley, Melbourne

1939 - 1945

Overview

Three (3) medium size brass military uniform buttons. Each button has a curved face with an embossed Imperial Crown at the top with a map of Australia below. “AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES” is embossed around the edges of each button face. All three (3) badges have a shank on the reverse side. Two (2) of the badges have “A. J. PARKES” embossed around the edge of the reverse side, while the third (3rd) button has “BENTLEY MELB”.

Historical information

Brass buttons were manufactured by companies in both Great Britain and Australia during the First and Second World Wars. A. J. Parkes (Brisbane) was awarded government contracts for buttons and badges for the Boer War and both World Wars. Bentley and Sons (Melbourne) were manufacturers of buttons and badges.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2023.14.25.a-c

Item type

Accessories

Uniforms

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Brass

Width

20 mm

Depth

15 mm

Weight

8 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front “AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES with “A. J. PARKES / BENTLEY MELB” on back.

Contextual information

These badges were souvenired by Kingsley Charles MOHR (WX26433), who enlisted at Guildford on 9 August 1941. A Sapper in the Australian Mechanical Equipment Company he spent 1495 days on Active Service in Australia and 625 days on Overseas Service from September 1943 – August 1944 and 10 March – 6 December 1945 before being discharged at Karrakatta in Western Australia on 24 January 1946. MOHR had lived in Denmark, Western Australia, before enlisting and returned there after the war.

Keywords

Australian Military Forces

Australian Military Uniform

Second World War

Place made

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Year

1939 - 1945

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity