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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

Pair of Second World War ‘AUSTRALIA’ Shoulder Title Badges

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1914 - 1918

Overview

A pair of bronze curved shoulder titles worn on shoulder epaulettes with 'AUSTRALIA' on a void background. There are two (2) lugs at the back of each, missing their split pins.

Historical information

Early First World War shoulder title badges were made of oxidised brass so that they would not attract the attention of enemy forces. They were worn on the shoulder epaulettes of military uniforms.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2023.14.4.a&b

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Width

55 mm

Height or length

10 mm

Weight

5 g

Inscriptions and markings

"AUSTRALIA"

Contextual information

This pair of shoulder titles was collected by the donor, who served as a sapper in the 2/AIF from 23 June 1942 – 24 January 1946 and lived in Denmark before and after World War Two.

Keywords

First World War military uniform

First World War uniform shoulder titles

Brass military badges

Place made

Possibly Melbourne, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Tuesday, 23 September, 2025

Completeness

100

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