Cardboard fundraising badge : South Australian Anzac Units, 1914 to 1918

Circular blue cardboard badge with a suspension hole placed at the top, through which is threaded a knotted red, white and blue length of twine. Central to the design is a large 'A' printed in gold, with the legend '1914 to 1918' overprinted in blue. Surrounding this are seven monochrome colour patches, each labelled. They are: 9th L Hse; 27th Battn; 12th Battn; 11th L Hse; 3rd L Hse; 10th Battn; 16th Battn. The reverse is blank.

Cardboard fundraising badge produced to commemorate predominantly South Australia battalions and units which served in the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. Such badges were sold in trams, buses, at railways stations and at rallies to raise money for the stated cause; it is likely this example was also specifically sold to returned soldiers. While the majority of these units were South Australian, they were not uniquely so; only 9 Light Horse Regiment, 10 and 27 Battalion were solely South Australian. Half of 12 Battalion was made up of Tasmanians with a quarter South Australians and a quarter West Australians; 11 Light Horse Regiment had two of its three squadrons originating from Queensland; 3 Light Horse was raised in South Australia but included one Tasmanian Squadron and only a quarter of 16 Battalion came from South Australia - the remainder from Western Australia. Nonetheless the balance remains firmly South Australian.