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Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 17-07-20, 02:44 AM
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Posted By Home Guard
Thanks Kingsley!!! Terry

Thanks Kingsley!!!

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 16-07-20, 05:44 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
Kingsley, AWESOME collection!!!! I am going to...

Kingsley, AWESOME collection!!!! I am going to guess that many of those items are not easy to come by!

Can you tell me what the VAD with the little round plate at the bottom with a number on it...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 15-07-20, 02:46 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
Excellent, thank you Milmed!!! Makes me have to...

Excellent, thank you Milmed!!! Makes me have to ask, was the cap badge worn by the VAD the standard rising sun in white metal or a special VAD cap badge. Do you happen to have a picture of it? Thank...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 14-07-20, 04:53 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
Thank you for the additional info Kingsley! Gives...

Thank you for the additional info Kingsley! Gives me something to look for, not the rare ones, but the others you describe.

Let me ask a different question. I have been reading the AWM site re...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 14-07-20, 02:49 AM
Replies: 52
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Posted By Home Guard
Kingsley, Very much appreciate the...

Kingsley,

Very much appreciate the pictures.

I am going to suspect that those VAD badges are pretty scarce! Did they wear them at their throat like the AANS wore the silver rising sun? I have...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-07-20, 02:32 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
Rob, You continue to amaze me with your...

Rob, You continue to amaze me with your collection! Very nice indeed!!!

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-07-20, 03:37 PM
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Views: 2,391
Posted By Home Guard
BC, that is an awesome badge!!! If you find the...

BC, that is an awesome badge!!! If you find the enameled one please share a picture.

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-07-20, 03:05 AM
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Views: 2,391
Posted By Home Guard
Rob, I found it here. Go to the collections...

Rob, I found it here. Go to the collections section and then sort through what you want to see. I went to uniforms and pictures and found lots!

https://www.awm.gov.au/

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 12-07-20, 02:13 AM
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Posted By Home Guard
Kingsley, Truly excellent as my interest is from...

Kingsley, Truly excellent as my interest is from the beginning to current times, so everything is helpful. if you are able to locate the picture of the VAD nurse I would love to see it!

Thanks for...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-07-20, 03:41 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
Thanks Milmed! Beginning to better understand....

Thanks Milmed! Beginning to better understand. One thing for sure to have a proper collection, I need to pursue on of those badges.

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 11-07-20, 02:48 AM
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Posted By Home Guard
Atillathenunns, That is great information!!! I...

Atillathenunns, That is great information!!! I can only imagine one of the first 60 would indeed be rare!!!

Thanks for posting,

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 10-07-20, 11:25 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
Rob, Any idea where she might have worn the...

Rob,

Any idea where she might have worn the larger Red Cross? Front of her apron maybe?

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 10-07-20, 03:10 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
John, What a truly lovely grouping!!! Thank you...

John, What a truly lovely grouping!!! Thank you very much for sharing.

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 09-07-20, 11:07 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
John, That's excellent!!! Thank you!!! And the...

John, That's excellent!!! Thank you!!! And the web site is equally as helpful!!!

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 09-07-20, 08:26 AM
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Posted By Home Guard
Thanks gentlemen! That's a good place to start. ...

Thanks gentlemen! That's a good place to start.

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 09-07-20, 04:19 AM
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Posted By Home Guard
Rob, They don't say in the series, they just...

Rob, They don't say in the series, they just suddenly appear in one of the later episodes. One of the wounded NZ soldiers asks a NZ nurse why she doesn't have a pin like the other nurses, and she...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 09-07-20, 02:55 AM
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Posted By Home Guard
A post thought. They wore the pins I am asking...

A post thought. They wore the pins I am asking abut on the scarlet capes. The Australian nurses on the left side and the NZ nurse on the right side.

Terry
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 08-07-20, 11:38 PM
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Posted By Home Guard
ANZAC Nursing Badges/Pins

I am a big fan of the miniseries "ANZAC Girls", and have been trying to figure out what pins they are wearing toward the end of the series.

At first it is only the Australian nurses who have one,...
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