Aust. Historical Medals

Sale 96    5–8 Apr 2011   Hotel InterContinental   Sydney

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Lot 2333    Session 7 (11.30am Wednesday)    Aust. Historical Medals

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $70

ROYAL SOCIETY, for Welfare of Mothers and Babies, in sterling silver (44.5mm) pin back voided badge, engraved on reverse at top edge, 'Stella Humphreys'. Very fine and scarce.

The Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies, now commonly called Tresillian Family Care Centres, was established in 1918 to co-ordinate early childhood and maternal services in New South Wales in response to the high death rate of children under five years of age with approximately 70,000 dying as the result of poverty, disease and lack of hygiene during the period of World War I. The first centre was opened in 1921 at Petersham in a building named 'Tresillian' by the former owner, hence the name 'Tresillian Family Care Centres'.

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