Physical description

Staple bound booklet with light blue cover and black text. There is an image of the Rising Sun badge in the centre. There is a reference sticker and spine label in the lower left corner.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on the first page and inside back cover]

Summary

The first badge to be officially worn by Australian Commonwealth troops on active service overseas, was a badge depicting the Rising Sun with the crown of King Edward VII, and the word AUSTRALIA. Since that first badge was worn in South Africa in 1902, the Rising Sun badge has proudly been worn by servicemen and women in five major wars and by members of the Citizen military Forces in the periods between. [J.K.Cossum]