Series 02 Part 05: Colonel R.J.A. Travers World War I Anzac Memorial and Bursaries badges and other items, 1917-1919

Papers of Major General William Holmes and Colonel R. J. A. Travers, ca. 1900-1950, mainly relating to World War I and Anzac Memorial Appeal

25 metal and enamel badges in 13 varieties from the World War I era being, 'Vote Buckley and Labor', 'Inglewood 1918, featuring Brig. Gen. E. Tivey', 'Hon. D. Lloyd George, Feb. 1918', 'Royal Australian Navy Day', 'Returned Soldiers Building Fund, Ipswich 1918', 'Royal Australia Navy Day (featuring Captain Glossop)', 'Bundamba Honour Stone', 'Geelong Regatta, 1919', 'The Late Field Marshall Earl Roberts, Nov. 1917', 'Hobart YMCA Naval and Military Building Fund, 1918', 'Orange Australia Fair Souvenir, October 1st and 2nd, 1918 (featuring Major General Sir Neville Howse)', 'Barrier Returned Soldiers Association, Official Opening & Appeal, July 14, 1918', 'For Our Men on the Front, Kyogle, 24th May, 1918'

6 designs of metal badges reading 'Anzac Memorial and Bursaries', 1919 being:
1. 116 x badge in the form of a circular life buoy with a steamship in the middle
2. 87 x badge in the design of a tank and coloured silver
3. 120 x badge coloured gold and featuring a red, white and blue biplane
4. 177 x badge with a gold coloured ship in the middle with a blue border
5. 111 x badge silver in colour in the shape of a canon
6. 119 x badge dark in colour featuring an artillery shell 

1 metal on wood stamp reading, 'Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia'

Forms part of MLMSS 15

Series 02 Part 05: Colonel R.J.A. Travers World War I Anzac Memorial and Bursaries badges and other...

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