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Title
Item 02: Thomas Bell military badges and buttons, 1914-1919
Call number
R 2164
Level of description
item
Date

1914-1918
Type of material
Medals, Badges
Reference code
1184496
Physical Description
26 badges & buttons, metal, enamel - 6.5 x 6.5 cm and smaller: ;
Scope and Content
a. Badges worn by Thomas Bell:
2 rising sun lapel badges; 'Australia' shoulder badge; '20' badge; Thomas Bell's identity discs.

b. Badges and buttons collected by Thomas Bell:
The Liverpool Scottish Battalion; 159th Battalion (1st Algonquins); Rifle Brigade (RIF); The Gordon Highlanders (badge has the motto 'Bydand'); 148th Battalion (Canada); 'Canada' shoulder badge; Nelson Infantry Brigade (Royal naval Division); Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC); Royal Irish Fusiliers (RIF); 2 'LNF' badges; 2 Canadian army buttons; 2 RNV (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) buttons; 'Welsh' shoulder badge; Grenadiers' cap badge (grenade with flames); unidentified badge (star above a horn surrounded by a wreath of thistles).
Name
Bell, Thomas, -1918
Subject
Badges--Australia.
World War, 1914-1918.
Topic
buttons

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