Three pics and a couple of questions for the forum. I have two right facing "Gun" badges, (Australian), one of which I show here. Both badges are embroidered on the material shown which in turn is attached to a mesh-like material and all attached to a piece of newspaper then covered by thin brown paper. Q. What on earth was the purpose of the newspaper ? Q.2. What was the red badge in scan 3 used for? Note, there is a small cartoon depicting a rather frumpy looking woman looking at herself in a mirror and a reference to "Dior" the fashion designer. Well, at least that dates the newspaper to no earlier than 1947!
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