Historical information
This badge was once owned by Rosemary Dalling, wife of Reverend Alfred 'Bill' Dalling and then passed on to the Dann family - Information provided by Pat Dann ex Hastings Seafarers Centre. According to 'The Melbourne Anglican' website, Alfred Dalling worked: Mission to Seafarers, Sydney 1960 to 1962, Newcastle 1962 to 1968 and Melbourne 1968 to 1972;
Significance
The badge depicts 'the angel of the revelation' a key symbol used by the earliest established services in the 19th C. of services to seafarers. An adapted and modernised symbol is still in use in the 21st century.
Physical description
Very small cast-metal pinned three dimensional representation of flying angel holding a book.
Subjects
References
- The Revd Bill Dalling Brief obituary and outline of career for Rev'd Dalling husband of Rosemary Dalling of item at VC MtSV reg no. 2008
