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1939 Claxton Shield Series New South Wales baseball badge

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Overview

1939 Claxton Shield Series New South Wales baseball badge. The round piece of white felt, representing a baseball, has dark and light blue ribbons attached.

Historical information

This 1939 Claxton Shield Series New South Wales baseball badge forms part of Glen Dunstan's scrapbook of baseball memorabilia.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.79

Item type

Badges

Themes

Popular Culture

Material

Fabrics

Width

4 cm

Height or length

8 cm

Inscriptions and markings

N.S.W.
1939

Contextual information

Glen Dunstan was Captain of the 1939 Western Australian Claxton Shield baseball team. Glen's scrapbook of baseball memorabilia, which contains the badge, was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Dunstan family.

Keywords

New South Wales State Baseball Team

Claxton Shield 1939

1939

Badges & Buttons

Badge

Last modified

Monday, 17 July, 2023

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1939 New South Wales Claxton Shield Series baseball badge

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