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Nedlands Baseball Club Member Badge 1961

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Overview

Nedlands Baseball Club Member Badge 1961. Shield-shaped enamelled badge with a blue outside border and white centre with two crossed baseball bats held above a baseball.

Historical information

The Nedlands Baseball Club was once a power in the Western Australian Baseball League competition; however the club folded in 1971.

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Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.42

Item type

Themes

Popular Culture
Social History
Sport

Material

Enamel (Fused Coating)

Width

2 cm

Height or length

2.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'Nedlands Baseball Club Member 1961' [On front of badge]
'Sheridan Perth' [Embossed on back of badge]

Contextual Information

This 1961 Nedlands Baseball Club Member's badge was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Barry Connaughton who played 'A' grade baseball for the club in the 1950s. He was also selected in the 1956 Western Australian state team that competed in the Claxton Shield Championship in Adelaide, South Australia.

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