Pressed penny slouch hat brooch

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland
Accession Number REL25190
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Copper; gold plate
Date made c 1943-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Australian penny pressed into the shape of a slouch hat. A safety pin has been soldered onto the back of the brooch. The brooch has been gold plated.

History / Summary

Given to the donor in Mackay, Queensland by a serviceman friend who had been repatriated.

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