Small fundraising badge : I Will Help Until the War Is Won

Small circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment to the reverse. Features a map of Australia on a blue ground with the stars of the Southern Cross overlaid, all within a gold border. The phrase 'I Will Help Until the War is Won' is printed across the map, while the word 'Copyright' appears on one lower edge but features no maker's details.

Fundraising badge produced to encourage and display patriotic support for the war effort. Such badges were sold in trams, buses, at railways stations and at rallies to raise money for the stated cause. This example is a generic badge encouraging support for the war and may have resulted from the strong and divisive debate over Conscription. Note the use of the Southern Cross.