Historical information

The 2004 Beneath the Sea Collection
Beneath the sea, In the Sands of Gallipoli, A soldier’s badge.
2004 was the first year of a commercially produced collection of memorabilia associated with the landing at Gallipoli. From 2004-2016 items were sold by ‘Australia in the Great War 1914-1918’, ‘Military Shop’ and ‘Australia Post’ retail outlets.

Significance

Creation of Collection story: see https://www.sandsofgallipoli.com.au/aboutSands.php

Physical description

This lapel badge contains sands collected from the beaches of Gallipoli

Inscriptions & markings

Badge obverse - sand, collected from the beaches of Gallipoli, resting on solid antique brass plated pewter, then flooded with a clear resin to represent water.