War Memorial Badges & Patches Issued by Australian Towns Since The Great War to Today
This illustrated - fully updated - electronic Australian Badge Guide is THE unique and the original, ground breaking guide that has been documenting the history of Australia’s fundraising badges, buttons and pins since 2012. Australian Badge Guides is dedicated to the documentation, preservation and protection of our Australian social history. Australian Badge Guides is also designed not only for “completists” – trying to get their hands on as many badges as they can – but also the person just interested in Australia’s war history, including the efforts to raise funds on the home front. Updated annually - Australian Badge Guides never go out of date unlike books - This 2024 "War Memorials" edition is 129 pages in length, with 748 footnotes, 162 references about 149 Australian towns known to have issued war memorial badges and patches to honour Australia's servicemen & women, including those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Plus there is some 381 full colour images of badges and patches. Information about 15 badge makers is also included.
The layout of this Australian Badge Guide includes a full-colour image of each known badge, and relevant information for the collector with respect to technical details as well as known historical references to the particular badge and/or fundraising event. Included are newspaper references, images of memorials where available and other interesting information that helps your badges "come alive".
The Australian Badge Guide has been written by a passionate badge collector with extensive military, literary and research experience who has also worked hard since 2012 in developing a badge collecting community on Facebook – this is because Australian Badge Guides is dedicated to honouring the wartime patriotic fundraising work of homefront organisations.
The Australian Badge Guide is an excellent reference on this topic and makes an ideal gift for any person with a keen interest in military and social history as well as the avid badge collector.
#AustralianWarMemorial #WarMemorial #Badge #Badges #Australia #militaryhistory #AustralianHistory #Anzac #AnzacDay #GreatWar #WW2 #VietnamWar #FundraisingBadges #ephemera #history
You will get a PDF (246MB) file
This illustrated - fully updated - electronic Australian Badge Guide is THE unique and the original, ground breaking guide that has been documenting the history of Australia’s fundraising badges, buttons and pins since 2012. Australian Badge Guides is dedicated to the documentation, preservation and protection of our Australian social history. Australian Badge Guides is also designed not only for “completists” – trying to get their hands on as many badges as they can – but also the person just interested in Australia’s war history, including the efforts to raise funds on the home front. Updated annually - Australian Badge Guides never go out of date unlike books - This 2024 "War Memorials" edition is 129 pages in length, with 748 footnotes, 162 references about 149 Australian towns known to have issued war memorial badges and patches to honour Australia's servicemen & women, including those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Plus there is some 381 full colour images of badges and patches. Information about 15 badge makers is also included.
The layout of this Australian Badge Guide includes a full-colour image of each known badge, and relevant information for the collector with respect to technical details as well as known historical references to the particular badge and/or fundraising event. Included are newspaper references, images of memorials where available and other interesting information that helps your badges "come alive".
The Australian Badge Guide has been written by a passionate badge collector with extensive military, literary and research experience who has also worked hard since 2012 in developing a badge collecting community on Facebook – this is because Australian Badge Guides is dedicated to honouring the wartime patriotic fundraising work of homefront organisations.
The Australian Badge Guide is an excellent reference on this topic and makes an ideal gift for any person with a keen interest in military and social history as well as the avid badge collector.
#AustralianWarMemorial #WarMemorial #Badge #Badges #Australia #militaryhistory #AustralianHistory #Anzac #AnzacDay #GreatWar #WW2 #VietnamWar #FundraisingBadges #ephemera #history
You will get a PDF (246MB) file
This illustrated - fully updated - electronic Australian Badge Guide is THE unique and the original, ground breaking guide that has been documenting the history of Australia’s fundraising badges, buttons and pins since 2012. Australian Badge Guides is dedicated to the documentation, preservation and protection of our Australian social history. Australian Badge Guides is also designed not only for “completists” – trying to get their hands on as many badges as they can – but also the person just interested in Australia’s war history, including the efforts to raise funds on the home front. Updated annually - Australian Badge Guides never go out of date unlike books - This 2024 "War Memorials" edition is 129 pages in length, with 748 footnotes, 162 references about 149 Australian towns known to have issued war memorial badges and patches to honour Australia's servicemen & women, including those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Plus there is some 381 full colour images of badges and patches. Information about 15 badge makers is also included.
The layout of this Australian Badge Guide includes a full-colour image of each known badge, and relevant information for the collector with respect to technical details as well as known historical references to the particular badge and/or fundraising event. Included are newspaper references, images of memorials where available and other interesting information that helps your badges "come alive".
The Australian Badge Guide has been written by a passionate badge collector with extensive military, literary and research experience who has also worked hard since 2012 in developing a badge collecting community on Facebook – this is because Australian Badge Guides is dedicated to honouring the wartime patriotic fundraising work of homefront organisations.
The Australian Badge Guide is an excellent reference on this topic and makes an ideal gift for any person with a keen interest in military and social history as well as the avid badge collector.
#AustralianWarMemorial #WarMemorial #Badge #Badges #Australia #militaryhistory #AustralianHistory #Anzac #AnzacDay #GreatWar #WW2 #VietnamWar #FundraisingBadges #ephemera #history
You will get a PDF (246MB) file