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Subiaco Museum > Records

BADGE: ANZAC DAY 25TH APRIL 2006

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2006

Overview

Lapel sized commemorative badge packaged attached to informative cardboard backing.
CARD:
Front: Printed on card: 'With their faces to the foe - ANZAC DAY, April 25, 2006, Sunday Times $2 with token.'
Reverse side: 'They went with songs to the battle, they were young/ straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow,/ They fell with their faces to the foe'. Extract from 'For the Fallen', by Laurence Linyon; retail details and Made in China.
BADGE: Headstone-shaped with coloured picture of soldier wearing army hat. Top inscription: 'Courage'. Below picture: 'ANZAC DAY, April 25, 2005'.
Badge is attached to clothing using a metal squeeze action stud on back.

Historical information

The souvenir badge is one of a series being produced annually by Sunday Times Newspapers, WA, as a memento of ANZAC Day celebrations

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2006.52

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Keywords

COSTUME ACCESSORIES

Photographed 2023

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Statement of significance

Historical significance: example of a commercially available memento of an historical event that affected the Australian nation.

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