Historical information
Issued in 1918 in Ballarat, Victoria, to raise funds for the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF). The ACF was a voluntary organization that supplied fit and well Australian troops overseas with food parcels, clothing, tobacco, and comforts, as well as running front-line canteens and rest clubs.
Physical description
Features an arched frame inscribed with "AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, BALLARAT", a central Commonwealth Coat of Arms (kangaroo and emu flanking a shield), and a lower ribbon reading "TRENCH SHOP 1918". [
• Manufacturer: struck by the Melbourne maker Stokes & Sons.
