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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Hat, Army Officer, 1940s
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces This is an army officer’s hat ...This is an army officer’s hat from the Australian Army. It dates back to the 1940s before the word ‘Commonwealth’ was deleted in 1949 from the name of the military forces. The Australian Army has used the rising sun emblem in its official insignia since the early 1900s. The owner of this hat is not known. This hat has no known local provenance but is retained for display purposes.This is a khaki hat with an oval padded crown and a rounded peak. The top has four metal eyeleted air holes. The badge on the hat has the Rising Sun emblem. There is a brown leather strap round the brim attached by metal buttons. The inside of the hat has a blue cloth lining with a square of cellophane. There is a grey leather internal band in the peak section overlaid with black material. There is some slight staining inside the hat. Australian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Collection of Buttons, Badges and Patches
... Australia Commonwealth Military Forces... and small button crown and wings. Australia Commonwealth Military ...Collection of Australian Military Forces badges, buttons and patches.Mounted on white cardboard 7 badges - three rising sun badges, two Australia badges, a crown above wings, star with the number 2 in the centre, two patches - red/black and red/brown - two gold coloured different sized buttons - large button with crown and anchor and small button crown and wings. Australia Commonwealth Military Forcesamf badges, unit colour patches -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Badge - alloy
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... sun and crown Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ...Alloy badge featuring a rising sun and crownAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE "RISING SUN", C. 1939 - 45
... “Australian Commonwealth Military Forces”... Commonwealth Military Forces” Item relates to Cat No 4768.4 Badge ...Item relates to Cat No 4768.4Badge Rising Sun for Slouch hat, depicts a rising sun with central crown, scroll at bottom with raised lettering rear has a modified pin attachment“Australian Commonwealth Military Forces”badge, rising sun, hats -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Rising Sun badge, One of five (5) Rising Sun badges WW1
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Commonwealth Military Forces ...Small metal Rising Sun badgeAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Rising Sun badge, Second of five (5) Rising Sun badges WW1
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ...Small metal Rising Sun badgeAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Rising Sun badge, Third of five (5) Rising Sun badges WW1
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Commonwealth Military Forces ...Small metal Rising Sun badgeAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Rising Sun badge, Four of five (5) Rising Sun badges WW1
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Commonwealth Military Forces ...Small metal Rising Sun badgeAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Charlton RSL Sub Branch
Uniform - Rising Sun badge, Fifth of five (5) Rising Sun badges WW1
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Commonwealth Military Forces ...Small metal Rising Sun badgeAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Souvenir - shell casing, Modified shell casing
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... casing Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ...metal shell casingAustralian Commonwealth Military Forces -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, RISING SUN, 1914 - 1945
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Passchendaele Barracks Trust ...Badge - Rising Sun, metal, black.Australian Commonwealth Military Forcespasschendaele barracks trust, rising sun badge -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, RISING SUN, c.1914-18
... “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES”... lugs for clothing attachment. “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY ...Badge issued to M E MONIGATTI. Regt No 3914 AIF. Refer Cat No 3562 for his service details.Badge, Rising Sun pressed brass. Signifies a Rising Sun, crown centre with scroll under. Rear has 2 lugs for clothing attachment.“AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES”badge, rising sun -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Badge
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces....numismatics badges Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ...Brass A.I.F. hat badge depicting a rising sun with a crown inset.Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.numismatics, badges -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Badges - Rising Sun
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Nine small & three large ...Nine small & three large Rising Sun badges. Some have pins & attachments & others are missing them.Australian Commonwealth Military Forcesrising sun, badge, australian army, australia military badges -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Watch Cover, 1942
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces... Commonwealth Military Forces Leather wrist watch protector. Brown ...Watch Protector owned by Louis Everett and used by him during World War II. It was previously in the Mitcham RSL collection.|Donated to the R.S.L. by Louis Everett's daughter Lyn Davey.Leather wrist watch protector. Brown leather watch band with a cover to protect the watch face. The cover has a metal Australian Commonwealth Military Force badge on it.Australian Commonwealth Military Forcesmilitary history, army, costume accessories, male -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Souvenir Cushion Cover Egypt 1941
... of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces 1941... embroidered with the insignia of the Australian Commonwealth Military ...This cushion cover was owned by Arthur Lock, a soldier in the 2/23rd Battalion. After initial training in Albury, N.S.W. and Bonegilla, Victoria, they left for overseas service. Embarking in November 1940 on the transport Strathmore at Port Melbourne, the 2/23rd arrived in Egypt in mid-December. From Egypt they were deployed to Tobruk.This item is part of a collection of items owned by Athur Lock, a member of the 2/23rd Battalion, an all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force which served as part of the garrison during the Siege of Tobruk, then at El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo. It has particular local significance as the battalion was know as "Albury's Own" because a large majority of the battalion's initial intake of volunteers came from the Albury–Wodonga region.A cushion cover embroidered with the insignia of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces 1941world war 11, rats of tobruk, tobruk, egypt -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - MILITARY BADGES, WW1
... .2) "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".... blackened brass. .2) "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ...Items belonged to James Worland Mills No 3441 59 th Batt AIF. Refer 169P. .1) Crossed rifles - uniform accoutrement (no fasteners) .2) Rising sun hat badge, metal, pressed blackened brass..2) "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".numismatics, badges-military, regimental insignia -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - BOOKLET, AUSTRALIA, Craft Ltd, 1915 - 1916
... "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Australia"... print). "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Australia ...Australian War Contingent Association, LondonCream cover paper booklet, 24 pages, illustrated throughout. Cover with holly plant, illustrated black & white photo - steamship soldiers on wharf (red print)."Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Australia"documents - pamphlets, military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE & COLOUR PATCH, post 2000
... On badge, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"... patch, Camel Corp. On badge, "Australian Commonwealth Military ...Mounted on dark grey cardboard backing with metal Rising Sun lapel badge & triangular red colour patch, Camel Corp.On badge, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"numismatics-badges-army, uniforms - badges (cloth), military history, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, RISING SUN, C. WW1 onwards
... On all, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"...., "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". Items in collection ...Items in collection relating to the Jackson Family..1) Badge, Rising Sun, Brass pressed metal, blackened, rear has two lugs on for hat attachment. .2) Badge, same as .1) smaller for uniform collar.On all, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces".badges, rising sun, uniform, collar, lapel -
Bendigo Military Museum
Craft - BROOCH, 1939 - 1945
... "AIF" Australian Commonwealth Military Forces..... Australian Military Coat of Arms. "AIF" Australian Commonwealth ...World War 2 Souvenir.Brooch - metal, diamond shaped filigree work. Australian Military Coat of Arms."AIF" Australian Commonwealth Military Forces.souvenir, ww2, brooch -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, RISING SUN, (estimated); 1914-1918
... "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" on the scroll..... "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" on the scroll. This Slouch ...This Slouch Hat badge was issued to Harold Hall No 270, 10th Batt & 7th Field Ambulance AIF. Refer 2062.Rising Sun hat badge, pressed blackened brass, centre of the Rising Sun image is a crown and under is a scroll. There are two lugs on the rear for attachment."Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" on the scroll.military, uniform, history, metal work., rising sun, badges -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE, RISING SUN, (estimated); 1914-1918
... "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" on the scroll..... "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" on the scroll. Two badges ...Two badges wer worn on a uniform. This badge was worn by Harold Hall No 270, 10th Batt & 7th Field Ambulance AIF. Refer 2062.Rising Sun lapel collar badge. Pressed blackened brass. Centre of the Rising Sun image is a crown and a scroll underneath. The rear has two lugs for uniform attachment."Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" on the scroll.military, uniform, metal work, history., badges, lapel -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGE RISING SUN, 1914-1918
... In the scroll, “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES”... COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES” There are two lapel badges for a uniform ...There are two lapel badges for a uniform. This one remaining badge belonged to Archibald Clarkson Jones, 2672, 23rd Battalian AIF in the Great War 1914 - 1919. Refer Cat No1040 medals.Badge, rising sun blackened brass, crown centre over scroll.In the scroll, “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES”numismatics - badges, military history- army, rising sun, lapel -
Bendigo Military Museum
Decorative object - EMBROIDERY, FRAMED, 1917
... .1) “Australian Commonwealth Military Forces”... frame .1) “Australian Commonwealth Military Forces” .1) Made ....1) Made by William TIBBETT No 978 1st AIF while convalescing in hospital in England, also on hospital ship on way to Australia and at out the Army depot in Caulfield 1918. .2) Same inscription as above). Refer 488P for his service history also 573..1) Embroidered Rising Sun badge, mounted & framed. White plain cloth background, King's Crown (multi coloured) & Rising Sun (red/pink) stitched over stitched scroll (glass frame & gold coloured 4 sided frame). .2) Australian Coat of Arms with kangaroo, emu stitched in brown thread, 6 State emblems represented, wattle flowering branches in background on being background cloth, glass in wooden frame.1) “Australian Commonwealth Military Forces”handcrafts- embroidery, military history, rising sun-coat of arms -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Hat Badge - Rising Sun
... On front: “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES”... hat. On front: “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES ...This object relates to Oliver Charles MURPHY. He was born on 1/01/1879 in Lexton, VIC. Oliver Charles served in the Army (6047) enlisting on, 20/03/1916 in Swan Hill, VIC before being discharged from duties with the 5 BATTALION as a Army Non-Commissioned Corporal / Bombardier (CPL/LBDR) on 23/06/1919. Oliver Charles MURPHY was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is Mrs Sarah Ann MURPHY - Wife.Badge with motif of the Rising Sun, for use on Australian Army slouch hats. Rising Sun includes rays of sunshine in an arch around a crown, below which there is a scroll bearing text. On reverse, two loops are soldered to the badge and a pin is fed through both loops, used for attachment to slouch hat. On front: “AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES”first world war (ww1), 1914 - 1918, uniforms, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, RISING SUN, c. 1939 - 44
... On all, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"... through. On all, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces" items ...items issued to John Raymond Bruns VX88627, refer Cat No 5592 for his service history..1) - .3) Rising sun hat badges, brass with Rising Sun depiction crown centre, scroll under with raised text. .4) .5) Rising sun lapel badges brass, these are a miniature of the hat badges, both have lugs on the rear with pin through.On all, "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"badges, rising sun, 2nd 38th -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - UNIFORM BADGES WW1, C.1914 - 18
... .3) "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"... Military Forces" Items issued to John. D. Gardiner No 2832, refer ...Items issued to John. D. Gardiner No 2832, refer Cat No 5892.2 for his service details..1) .2) "Australia" shoulder badges brass curved shape with two lugs on rear. .3) Rising sun lapel badge brass, no lugs on rear..3) "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces"badges, rising sun, uniform -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Badge commerative, ANZAC
... Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ANZAC... letters below Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ANZAC Brass ...Brass badge thought to have been given to Gallipoli Veterans at a date unknown Given to Sig. Henry Claude Roussac 1737 25Bn.Brass badge combining the WWI rising sun badge with the addition of the letters ANZAC in large letters below Australian Commonwealth Military Forces ANZACbadge, anzac, rising sun, gallipoli veteran -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - BADGES, RISING SUN
... Inscribed with "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". ... Commonwealth Military Forces". Identification badges for Australian ...Identification badges for Australian Military Forces worn on collar of uniforms. Refer 6722 "2422 F. Scott. 5AI.Brown metal Rising Sun badges with small crowns at centre and Inscription at bottom. 1. has two pins at back. 2, has no pins.Inscribed with "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces". passchendaele barracks trust, rising sun badges, f. scott