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Badge - 'Take the Toys From the Boys', circa 1960s-1980s
Reg. No: SH 870476
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- Summary:
- Round badge with the slogan 'Take the Toys From the Boys', circa 1960s-1980s. This is one of a series of badges and peace movement posters acquired by the museum following the exhibition 'Peace: an Exhibition' which explored the Peace movement and was part of the Victorian Government contribution to International Year of Peace in 1986. The badges explore the peace movement, nuclear disarmament and Hiroshima.
- Description:
- Circular badge. Salmon laminated front with white horizontal stripe and two purple rectangles. Both the rectangles and white stripe contain green text. Back is silver-coloured metal with wire pin and loop.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Nic Maclellan, 1987
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 3.80 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | peace issues |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | POLITICS & PUBLIC PROTEST |
| Secondary Classification: | Peace |
| Tertiary Classification: | badges |
| Inscriptions: | Printed text: 'Take the toys / from the boys / no more war' |
| Place & Date Used: | Australia, circa 1960s-1980s |
| Place & Date of Event: | Museum of Victoria McCoy Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Aug 1986 - Sep 1986 Badge displayed in Peace: an Exhibition |
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