Badge, For A Nuclear Free Pacific, Australia, 1972-1987
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1972-1987
'For A Nuclear Free Pacific' badge, alternatively known as a button, circa 1972 -1987. The slogan relates to the period of French nuclear testing in the Pacific.
However, this particular one was manufactured by Patrick Brothers, a Melbourne business. This is a large badge. It has a pale blue background with yellow printed text edging the top of the badge and a yellow palm tree and yellow sun against this background. There is a dark blue wave at the bottom of the badge. There is a pin on the back.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Overall: 45 mm (Outside Diameter); Maximum dimensions: 45 mm (Outside Diameter)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Patrick Bros.
- Place recorded
- Australia
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Printed text obverse: FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE PACIFIC.
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-268080
- Museum object name
- Badge - For A Nuclear Free Pacific, Australia, 1972-1987
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- SH 870539
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.