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Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button
Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button
Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button
Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button
Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button
Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button

Original Antique 1918 WW1 AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND Vtg Military Pin-back Button

$ 6.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Region of Origin: Australia, ANZAC

    Description

    Vintage 1918 World War 1 Australian Comforts Fund pinback button 1.25" in good to very good condition.
    Manufacturer information on the edge, too difficult for my eyes to see
    Please see all photos, and ignore camera reflections.
    Shipped with USPS First Class. Happy to combine shipping.
    Please see my other Collectibles listed now and in the coming days.  International shipping available, please wait for invoice.
    Bid/purchase with confidence. Almost 20 years buying and selling on eBay with 100% positive feedback.
    Early in World War 1 local women's groups in Australia began working to provide tobacco, cakes, puddings, condensed milk, sugar, biscuits, newspapers and other 'luxury' items to supplement the Australian soldier's army rations. These fund-raising bodies were amalgamated in 1916 to form The Australian Comforts Fund (ACF), which undertook to provide 'comforts' to all Australians abroad. The ACF grew into an enormous fundraising, collecting, sorting and distribution organization that rivaled the Red Cross. Although men took some executive positions on national and state committees, the bulk of the administrative and manual work fell on a huge 'army' of unpaid women.