Rob,
I think yours are not Australian, we did have brass ones but they were identical to the blackened ones that bc has in the next post.
bc,
The steering wheel was originally awarded as a skill at arms badge from 1931-1936 to Drivers, Internal Combustion, to one driver per gun detachment of a mechanised field or medium battery, etc. It was worn on the lower left arm and ceased to be awarded in 1936.
In 1936 it became a trade badge for Driver, Motor Transport, 1st Class, and was worn on the upper right arm. It was quite commonly worn in WW2 but all those I spoke to about it purchased theirs privately. Embroidered on khaki examples also exist.
Marc,
The V in wreath was an efficiency badge for members of the Aust Army Veterinary Corps (Militia).
Kingsley,
somewhere in a recent previous thread I put up a list of Australian proficiency badges and the various materials they were made in but I can't find it. I'll look again tonight.
Cheers, Keith
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