Colour patch : 8 Machine Gun Company, AIF

Accession Number RELAWM07941.097
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Colour Patch
Physical description Wool flannel
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916-1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Colour patch for 8 Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF, consisting of a yellow horizontally aligned rectangle above two crossed guns, also in yellow.

History / Summary

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from 1916 until it was replaced in 1917. See RELAWM07941.061 for replacement colour patch.