Badge, Tin Hat; Unknown Maker; 1920-1960
Badge, Tin Hat
About this object
Donated by the Foster Family of Thornbury, this tin hat badge was a fundraising badge for the New Zealand United Returned Soldiers Club. The badge cost 1/-, of which the proceeds would have gone to supporting return service personnel and their families. Tin hat day began in South Africa in the 1920s.
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Date Made1920-1960
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inorganic, processed material, metal, alloy, tin
inorganic, processed material, pigment
Printed onto hat in red 'UNITED RETURNED SOLDIERS FUND 1/- TIN HAT DAY'.
Measurementsh 30 mm x w 30 mm x d 10 mm
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