Description
Description: Red Cross Honorary Collector POW Appeal badge – 10829
Maker’s Name: Amor, Sydney
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Red Cross Honorary Collector POW Appeal badge – 10829.
Red Cross Honorary Collector POW Appeal badge. The front of the badge features the outline of a red enamel Geneva Cross in raised detail at the top of the badge. Below the badge, in raised detail, is written ‘HON. COLLECTOR / P.O.W. / APPEAL’. The badge’s background is dark blue enamel. On the reverse of the badge, a vertically mounted pin and locking hook have been attached. Impressed into the rear of the badge are the makers details ‘AMOR / SYDNEY’ and underneath this, the badge number ‘10829’.
During the Second World War, Joyce Terkelsen volunteered to collect funds for the Red Cross. These funds were used to send care packages to Australians who were prisoners of war.
