Plaque, wooden shield shaped, with badge of The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria affixed.Presentation plate: "Presented to 4/19 P.W.L.H. Regt Royal Melbourne Show 1991plaque, royal melbourne show, plaque, royal melbourne show

Wooden shield shaped plaque with badge of Kent & County of London Yeomanry affixedplaque, kent & county of london yeomanry, kent & county of london yeomanry

WW1Rectangular-black and white-head and sholders-RSL,badge-civillian suit with tieno, stevens, james reg, 1999 kia

Created by the University of Ballarat Aboriginal Education CentreSmall lapel badge featuring the Aboriginal Flag, the Torres Straight Island flag aboriginal, aborigine, torres straight islander, numismatics, badge, aboriginal education centre, university of ballarat

The etymology of the word portmanteau: A portmanteau was a travelling bag used as a mailbag. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, both newspapers and letters were transported in these leather mailbags that opened into two sections. A portmanteau is a word created by the blending of two other words in terms of the sounds and meaning. Portmanteau itself is a portmanteau; made up of the French ‘porter’ meaning ‘to carry’ and ‘manteau’ meaning ‘cloak’. The other meaning of this word is ‘a travelling case or bag' but was coined by Lewis Carroll with its new meaning in 1882. History: English merchant Thomas Witherings established mail routes throughout Europe in the 1620s. He drew up a proposal in 1635 for an English mail system based in London in which portmanteaux (containing 2 leather bags lined with cotton) could travel to European towns with sealed bags of mail for protection against spies. The system was put into motion and some 26,000 letters were mailed safely and unopened between London and European towns each week. In the nineteenth century, the official portmanteau was used to carry the mail, letters and newspapers on Americas New England stagecoaches that travelled the postal routes. Before 1789 newspapers were mostly excluded from the mail and the official portmanteau. After the first United States Congress (1789–1791) the postmaster general allowed printers free postage to communicate reports and articles of Congressional informational newspapers with other publishers in other towns and cities for distribution. Example of a mid-20th-century leather bag not connected to a person of significance from history or a historic event. The significance lies in the historic social aspect of this type of bag and how it got its name. This type of bag was popular from the mid 19th century for personal use and fell out of favour in until the 1950s and the origin and meaning of the word used to describe this type of leather bag "portmanteau". Portmanteau leather bag, with brass oval badge, tan interior with compartment separator. Inscribed "Allchin Bros Makers Ballarat". flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, portmanteau, allchin bros

Canadian Return from active service badge. Stanley Uren Thomas No 80840badge/buttons

Hat Slouch Khaki, 6 Fold, Puggaree (U018) Rising Sun badgeheadgear, vietnam, army

Mess Jacket Red Lieutenant with Melbourne Rfles lapel Badges (Part of UC045)uniform, post ww2, army

Lapel Badge Aust. Comforts Fund Trench Shop missing securing pin.badge/buttons, general

Sirt army uniform disruptive pattern with Cadet Corps Badges X Jones.uniform, recent, army

Oval shaped badge or pin. Metal rusted. Remnant of pin fastening on reverse.bendigo, gold mining, qc binks, qc binks, america

Enlisted Officer's Hat -USA. US military badge on front with yellow liningErnst (in biro)officers cap, united states - military

Badge of 709 SIG TP with red embossed boar and motto "Some How"badge, 709 signal troop

Shoulder epaulettes of Lt Col. Name badge Cudmore. 2 pair of cufflinksRAACLDlt col, cudmore, raacld

General issue to Australian Defence Force personnel.Two brass coloured metal "Australia" badges - one with rear clips attachedadf, badge