Aussie WW1 Rising suns and RSL badges
Article about: G'day All, Thought I would share my two Favourite Aussie Items, apart from my own issue items I kept. Here are two WW1 rising suns, with the "slider" type clip in the back. These a
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Re: Aussie WW1 Rising suns and RSL badhes
I am sorry, these are WW1 Items and I have them in the wrong section of the forum. Though the Rising Sun badge was the same as WW2 Issue. The "Australia" shoulders titles are Second World War..
My apologies
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Re: Aussie WW1 Rising suns and RSL badhes
Hi qotd,
I have a rising sun badge ww1, with slide on the back, I am lead to believe that the slide badge is a
british made version. and the Australian version has the rings and cotter pin on the back, the slide badge is getting harder to find over here. thanks for showing them.
dave.
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Hi Ade,
Nice badge i am looking for a version with the cotter pin now to go with my other slide one,
they are a nice looking design.
dave.
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Re: Aussie WW1 Rising suns and RSL badges
Hi Dave, thanks, this one is the split pin type. (Not for sale though, as it was a kind gift)
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Aussie WW1 Rising suns and RSL badges
From what I Understand, the "sliders" were Aussie made, most were made by a maker in Melbourne and some in Sydney, there are maker marked examples. It is not unfeasible that Rising suns were made in England. You will find WW1 Rising suns with slides and cotter pins, though the cotter pin type was the design prefered for WW2 Rising suns. There have been 7 versions of the Rising sun from the Boer war to now. you can tell the differences by the crown, which changes from a Kings crown to a Queens crown, there was a version in the 60's that had "Australian Military Forces" in the scroll, then a version in the 80's which had a federation star behind the Queens crown which simply had "Australia" and now the modern version introduced in the early 90's which has "The Australian Army"
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Hi qotd,
thank for the info on the badges, live and learn i say perhaps iv learned something today i would like to find some really early types of this badge as i think they are interesting. Im looking for the pin type now so may be lucky as i go along. going to research them though.
regards Dave.
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Re: Aussie WW1 Rising suns and RSL badges
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Adrian Stevenson
Here is my single example.
Cheers, Ade.
G'day Ade
Has this one a maker on the rear?
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