Badge (Girl Guides)
Description
A small metal badge shaped like a three leaf clover. The central leaf has a star shape cut out of it and the letters "G G are embossed on the other two leaves. "GIRL GUIDES" is embossed on a scroll design at the base of the clover. A pin and clasp mechanism is attached to the reverse of the badge"[obscured]RTRAM BRO[obscured]/MELB" is embossed on the reverse.
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Object detail
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
This
badge
belonged
to
Judy
Jones
(nee
Donnelly)
who
attended
Girl
Guides
in
New
Plymouth
in
the
early
1960s.
It
is
a
Girl
Guide
enrolment
badge,
and
was
worn
by
Girl
Guides
on
their
uniform
ties.
Patrol
leaders
wore
theirs
on
their
beret,
above
the
Girl
Guide
emblem.
Accession number
PA2005.243
Collection type
Public comments
Girl Guide enrolment badge in the shape of a trefoil. Worn on the GG tie and by Patrol Leaders on their beret above the GG emblem. Probably manufactured by Bertram Bros., of Melbourne.
- posted 10 years ago.