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Badge - button hole, Treloar Sydney, "Australian Railways Union", c1940

  • Badge - button hole type - "Australian Railways Union"

    Badge - button hole type - "Australian Railways Union"

  • Badge - button hole type - "Australian Railway Union" - rear

    Badge - button hole type - "Australian Railway Union" - rear

  • Badge - button hole type - "Australian Railways Union"
  • Badge - button hole type - "Australian Railway Union" - rear

Historical information

Union badge that belonged to Victorian Railways tram motorman Norman Charles Boucher - see item 7056 for biography. VR Tram crews were members of the Australian Railways Union Tramway Division. The ARU was formed in 1920 and merging with other rail and public transport unions to form the RTBU in 1993. The manufacturer's name obscurred - possibly Treloar of Sydney.

Significance

Demonstrates an ARU badge.

Physical description

badge - brass, pressed and formed for use in a button hole. Dark and light blue enamel with a silver surround. The centre of the badge forms an image of the front of a steam locomotive.

Inscriptions & markings

Manufacturer's name stamped on rear.

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