Memorial Appeal Lapel Pin as purchased by Raymond Parker WARBURTON

1947

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.2.27

Item type

Badges

Themes

People

Social History

Material

Enamel Paint

Metal (silver-plated)

Width

20 mm

Height or length

40 mm

Depth

3 mm

Weight

4 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front “"MEMORIAL APPEAL" with “2/- / AMOR / SYDNEY” on back

Contextual information

A fundraising lapel pin as purchased by Raymond Parker WARBURTON. The pin was part of a joint fundraising project by the Australian Girl Guides and Boy Scouts groups in 1947.

Keywords

Memorial Appeal

Boy Scouts

Girl Guides Australia

First World War

Place made

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Year

1947

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

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

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Friday, 23 January, 2026

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