SMALL RSSAILA BADGE
Returned Sailors', Soldiers' & Airmen's Imperial League of Australia lapel badge.
A brass badge in the shape of a shield with a perpendicular metal attachment at the rear with two holes holding a two prong metal wire.
In the centre of the obverse is a scene of a group of three men - a sailor, soldier and airman - moulded into the metal.
The scene is enclosed within a blue enamel circle with printed text in gold.
Underneath the circle is a scroll in red enamel with printed text in gold. In the background is a shield of white enamel with representations of wattle, a leek, a rose, thistle and shamrock (symbols of Australia, Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland respectively).
Above the shield is a bulb-shape, over which a piece of metal moulded into the shape of a crown is attached.
Worn by a member of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen's Imperial Australia League who returned from active service outside Australia.
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The badge would have been made between 1940 and 1965 when the association was named the Returned Sailor's, Soldier's and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia (RSSAILA).
After 1965 it became known as the Returned Services League of Australia (RSL).
