Badge, Empire Day

Production date
Circa 1917
 Description
A small, round brass Empire Day badge featuring a kiwi. " Our Day / 1917 " is marked above and below the badge. A simple straight pin is attached to the reverse.
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Object detail

Production date
Circa 1917
Subject person
Classification
Personal Symbol/Personal Artifacts
Credit line
Badges like this one were sold in 1917 as part of the Red Cross Empire "Our Day" fundraising appeal to "help our sick and wounded on all fronts. See the Observer newspaper 20 October 1917. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TO19171020.2.15.1 
Accession number
A86.415
Collection type
Social History
Material
Brass
Metal

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