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BADGES & PINS

Enamel Badges, Lapel Badges, Tin Lapel Pins, Lapel Buttons, etc. are collected by people around the world who admire the variety of designs and relative ease of storage. Each tends to have attractive design, little pieces of commercial art, and because of their nature, tend to have a lot of history behind each. Politicians love to wear national flag pins on their lapels to show their patriotism.

Pins are sometimes used to show someone has donated to a charity, belongs to a union or club, supports a political party, or has taken part in an event. Enamel pins from Olympic Games, especially those issued by national sporting teams, are much sought after by collectors. Membership organisations like clubs or gyms used to use enamel pins or keyrings to show membership, although they have now been largely replaced by plastic entry cards.

Below are some examples from our archives:

B1. Aged Sick & Infirm Appeal 3/- 1930s tin badge
B2. Goulburn Centenary 1838-1938 Children's Home Appeal - 1930s tin badge
B3. Saturday Hospital Appeal - 1930s tin badge
B4. World Expo 88 Brisbane Australia April October - coloured enamel and brass badge
B5. Red Cross Jubilee 1914 1964 - plastic lapel pin
B6. Legacy - plastic lapel pin: blue, red & silver
B7. Swatch Official Timekeeper- Welcome to Sydney 2000 Olympic Games - enamel badge
B8. Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony Official Audience Pin - enamel badge
B9. Australian Institute of Sport - enamel badge
B10. Lions N.S.W. A.C.T. Save Sight Appeal 20c - tin lapel badge
B11. Royal Easter Show 1997 115 Years at Moore Park - enamel badge
B12. Sydney 200 Olympic Torch Relay - AMP (issued by The Sunday Telegraph): brass pin
B13a.ANZAC Appeal - "A" - small brass lapel pin
B14. Wonderland - enamel badge
B15. M (McDonalds) Crew Member of the Month - enamel badge
B16. Movie World WB - enamel badge
B17. Disneyland Resort: enamel badge
B18. Deaf and Blind Children 1/- THANK YOU - tin lapel pin
B19. Salute to Apollo 20c Wheelchair & Disabled - tin lapel pin
B20. Chaters Business College THEORY - tin lapel pin
B21. Toronto 2008 - enamel badge
B22. R2D2 - Starwars - enamel badge
B23. I love Las Vegas - I [HEART] Las Vegas - enamel badge
B24. Snoopy sitting on an "L"- enamel badge
B26. Eventide Homes 2/- tin lapel pin
B26. Home Run Town USA 70 St Louis - enamel badge
B27. Sydney 2000 Olympic UPS Film Transport - enamel & zinc badge
B28. 7 July 26 1996 - Atlanta 1996 - enamel badge
B29. Sydney 2000 Goodbye From Sydney Olympics 10-1-2000 (1st Oct.) Jetset Sports - enamel badge
B30. Speedo Fast Skin (TM) enamel badge
B31. South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club enamel badge 1979
B32. South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club enamel badge 1982
B33. South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club enamel badge 1988
B34. South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club enamel badge 1989
B35. South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club enamel badge 1992
B36. Sydney Cricket Ground "F" 1979 to 1980
B37. Blue bell Canberra enamel lapel pin
B38. Lamorinda Soccer Club enamel badge
B39. Waratah Bowling Club enamel lapel pin
B40. City of Manukau enamel lapel badge

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