52 Infantry Battalion hat badge

Accession Number REL44896
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Brass, Enamelled metal
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1930
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Description

Enamelled pressed brass hat badge for 52 Battalion, featuring a voided '52' within a wreath augmented by a spray of wattle, over a pair of scrolls bearing the words 'Always Ready / The Gippsland Regiment'. Both wreath and scrolls are enamelled in a mid-green. A pair of suspension lugs are soldered to the reverse.

History / Summary

No provenance known, except collected by Mr Les Stevens.