Autographed flag : Australian Army Service Corps AIF Comforts Fund

Two sided flag made from artificial satin ribbon sewn in strips to form the flag. There are blue and white polished cotton cords attached to the hoist and a blue cotton fringe attached to the fly. The front of the flag is made of alternating horizontal stripes of royal blue and white satin ribbon sewn together. In the top left corner is a painted fabric Australian blue ensign. The fly bears the triangular blue and white colour patch of the Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) made from sewn together strips of the same ribbon. Diagonally across the centre are blue felt letters edged in white cotton cord 'AASC'. Beneath this, stencilled in blue, is the AASC motto 'IN. HOC. SIGNO. VINCES'. The back of the flag is made of vertically aligned strips, made from horizontal bars of white satin sewn together to form the longer strip. Each bar bears a signature, most with the suburb or full address, of a Sydney resident, written in black ink. There are 404 signatures. Down the centre of the flag are wider horizontal bars of satin ribbon. The upper bars are printed in blue 'A.A.S.C. A.I.F. PLEDGE WE PLEDGE OUR LOYALTY TO OUR GRACIOUS KING, TO OUR DEAR ONES OVERSEAS AND AT HOME, IN THE A.A.S.C., A.I.F., WE PLEDGE OUR SUPPORT. AND PLACE OUR TRUST IN GOD FOR A SPEEDY VICTORY. GOD SAVE THE KING.' MRS. MYRA BERGIN J.P. PRESIDENT MRS. ENID LOVERIDGE. HON. SECRETARY MRS. EILEEN WENDT. HON. TREASURER.' The horizontal panels beneath this are signed 'John Curtin Prime Minister 2/8/43', J B Chifley Treasurer 2.8.43', F.M. Forde Minister for Army 1941', 'H V Evatt Attorney General & Minister of External Affairs', 'Eleanor Roosevelt on First visit to Australia from U.S.A. 1943' and 'Thanks a Million Lt Les J. Tinker NX3046'.

Made by a women's committee to raise funds for the Australian Army Service Corps AIF Comforts Fund. Each person signing the flag would have made a donation to the fund.