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World War I 1917 Australian Red Cross Dieu Defend Le Droit Pinback Button Badge

World War I 1917 Australian Red Cross Dieu Defend Le Droit Pinback Button Badge

$ 100.31

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
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    Description

    World War One Australian Pinback Button Badge
    AUSTRALIA World War One Tin Lapel Political Patriotic Pin Back Button Badge very scarce - almost 100 years old
    This is a September 1917 issued Australian Red Cross "Dieu Defend Le Droit"  ( French for 'God Defends The Right' ) Fundraising Badge associated with the Australian Red Cross Society
    World War One Australia Red Cross Dieu Defend Le Droit September 1917 Pinback Button Badge -  Very Scarce
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    escription
    WWI commemorative circular plastic-coated pressed tinplate metal badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment on the reverse. "Circular Red Cross badge, depicting flags of many nations grouped around Red Cross symbol, above yellow banner, all against white background. Inscriptions: 'DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT' (in black in
    banner); 'SEPTEMBER 1917' (in black below banner). "  ( as described by the National Museum of Australia - as they have one in their collection )
    Inscription:
    DIEU DEFEND LE DROIT / SEPTEMBER 1917
    Maker
    A W. Patrick
    Place made
    Australia: North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Date made
    c 1917
    Size
    approximately 32 mm round ( 1 1/4 inches )
    Summary:
    Australian Red Cross Society fund raising badge made in 1917.
    This is the fifth button in the series, “The Way of the Red Cross in the Great War”.  The badge series consists of pin back buttons depicting the progress of the wounded soldier from the ambulance , to the hospital train ,  to the hospital ship , then to the Red Cross Hospital.