Colour Patch: Australian Army, 6 Battalion, Citizen Military Forces

Accession Number REL23991.001
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Colour Patch
Physical description Cotton woven
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made c 1925-1939
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Period 1920-1929
Description

Horizontally aligned rectangular colour patch, for the 6th Infantry Battalion CMF, divided purple over red, woven on a khaki background.

History / Summary

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve on khaki drill uniforms worn by members of the Citizens and Permanant Military Foeres from the mid 1920s top late 1930s.

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