Historical information

These are Australian Army shoulder badges and appear to date from World War One. The curved AUSTRALIA insignia was frist used in 1902 and was worn by soldiers in both World Wars One and Two.

Significance

These shoulder badges are an important memento of World war One and the part played in it by Australian soldiers.

Physical description

.1. .2 Bronze inverted shallow arch enclosing AUSTRALIA The reverse has a two small rings through which a brass double pronged pin with loop at one end is passed.
.3 As for .1 and .2 except that the reverse has two small brass pins inserted into the two rings.
.4 Smaller but identical with .1,.2,.3 except that there is only one small brass pin inserted in one ring on the reverse.
.5, .6,.7 Identical with .4 except there are no pins on the reverse.

Inscriptions & markings

AUSTRALIA