Special : A surplus of badges, medals, armbands and buttons mass produced for issue from Melbourne Town Hall in times of strife and celebration
2015
Book
"The exhibition takes its title from the cotton armbands worn by volunteer Special Constables ('Specials') during the 1923 Melbourne police strike. More than 300 unissued examples of the armband are held by the City of Melbourne, each boldly printed with the word SPECIAL and a unique number. A framed sequence of more than a hundred SPECIAL armbands forms the exhibition's striking centrepiece. Also on display are masses of commemorative medals distributed to schoolchildren in celebration of peace and Empire, badges intended for the city's Air Raid Precautions (ARP) wardens during World War Two, and brass uniform buttons embossed with the City of Melbourne coat of arms. All were issued in their hundreds and thousands from Melbourne Town Hall during outbreaks of strife and celebration. Those that remain are the surplus and are in Council's collection. 'SPECIAL.' revels in their seeming abundance, while leaving room to wonder how they came to be left unclaimed." -- publisher's website.
Author:
Imprint:
[Melbourne] City Gallery, 2015.
Collation:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 15 cm.
Exhibitions:
Exhibition catalogue: 14 May -14 August 2015
ISBN:
9781742509624
Dewey class:
929.9099451
Language:
English
Subject:
Melbourne (Vic.). Council -- Insignia -- ExhibitionsAir raid wardens -- Insignia -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- ExhibitionsBadges -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- ExhibitionsMedals -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- ExhibitionsButtons -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- ExhibitionsPolice -- Insignia -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Exhibitions
BRN:
192207
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Library | -Non Fiction | 929.9099451 SPEC | Available |
| Corporate Library | -Reference | REF 929.9099451 SPEC | OFFSITE ARCHIVE - see staff for access (Set: 03 Jul 2017)Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |