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Arms Explosives & Munition Workers Federation of Australia gilt and enamel badge

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K.G. Luke Melb.

c. 1940

Overview

Gilded brass badge with three stripes of dark blue, white and dark blue enamel, issued to members of the Arms Explosives and Munition Workers Federation of Australia.
The brass component features the word 'Arms' and depictions of crossed rifles, a bullet and a warship. A wreath of laurel leaves surrounds the lower two thirds of the badge. The top strip of blue enamel reads 'Explosives and Munition'; the white strip reads 'Workers Federation' and the second blue strip 'Of Australia'.

The maker's name is on the reverse - 'K.G. Luke, Melb.'

Historical information

The Arms, Explosives and Munition Workers' Federation of Australia first met in October 1917, initially being an amalgamation of the New South Wales and Victorian Branches of the Small Arms Factory Employees' and Munition Workers' Association (1912-1917). It was federally registered in 1919, and attracted members from the Ammunition, Cordite and Explosives Employees' Industrial Organisation of Australia (1914-1926) and formed branches in Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. It was deregistered following the end of Second World War in 1946.

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Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00069

Item type

Themes

Social History
War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Width

22 mm

Height or length

26 mm

Inscriptions and markings

"ARMS
EXPLOSIVES & MUNITION
WORKERS FEDERATION
OF AUSTRALIA"

Keywords

History - Social

Place made

Melbourne
Victoria
Australia

Year

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Scientific or research significance

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