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Uniform - Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen & Women badge, K. G. Luke Melbourne, Unknown

  • Metal and enamel badge featuring a variant of the tri services symbol including a rising sun, anchor and a pair of wings. A blue enamel semicircle of scroll work is above this with the text 'AUST. LEGION OF' with a crown shape above it and the numbers '46' in metal against blue enamel. Below the wings is a boomerang shape in blue enamel with the text 'EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN'.

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Historical information

Part of a series of items related to Clare Rothwell Macintire. Claire Rothwell Macintire was born 27 July 1910 in Essendon and enlisted with the Royal Australian Airforce on 3 August 1943. Her service number was 500432.

Physical description

Metal and enamel badge featuring a variant of the tri services symbol including a rising sun, anchor and a pair of wings. A blue enamel semicircle of scroll work is above this with the text 'AUST. LEGION OF' surmounted by an attached gilded crown and the number '46'. Below the wings is a boomerang shape with the text 'EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN'.

Inscriptions & markings

on face of badge: 'AUST LEGION OF / EX-SERVICEMEN & WOMEN'
on reverse of badge: 'K.G. LUKE MELB / V'35537'

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