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Badge - 'You Can't Hide from a Neutron Bomb', circa 1960s-1980s
Reg. No: SH 870485
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- Summary:
- Small round badge with the slogan 'You Can't Hide from a Neutron Bomb', 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. Laminated front with turquoise background; yellow, red, black and white picture of a person in a suit holding a house in front of his/her face; white inscription going around the upper two thirds of the badge and a black inscription at the bottom. Silver coloured metal back with wire pin and loop.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Nic Maclellan, 1987
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 3.20 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | protest movements, nuclear technology, badges, peace issues, protests, anti-nuclear protests |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | POLITICS & PUBLIC PROTEST |
| Secondary Classification: | Anti Nuclear |
| Tertiary Classification: | badges |
| Inscriptions: | Printed text: YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM/A NEUTRON.BOMB. |
| 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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