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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

10th Light Horse Regiment Lapel Pin belonging to Pte. Albert George SCOTT 892

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c. 1915

Overview

Small gold metal lapel pin painted yellow and black indicating ‘10th Light Horse Regiment’ colour patch rectangle in shape with slide clip and hook on rear.

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2017.15.8

Item type

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Material

Width

25 mm

Height or length

13 mm

Weight

4 g

Contextual Information

This item, a 10th Light Horse lapel pin is part of a collection handed down through the family of Pte. Albert George SCOTT. Known to family as George, he enlisted on the 12 January 1915 and was assigned to the 10th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement. George was medically discharged and returned to Australia on the 22 January 1917.

Keywords

10th Light Horse Regiment

First World War

Place made

Australia

Year

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Comparative significance criteria

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Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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-35.030449, 117.912878

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