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This badge is a 90mm version numbered 10299 Angus Coote is displayed with optional wings that could be bought for three shillings a pair of Type 1.
Badge No. C72 is a first version of enamel type 1 Craftsmen 90mm.
The Angus Coote 90mm badges were available without a base to facilitate mounting alternatives on a car in this case brass pins have been added to allow the badge must be mounted through the core honeycomb of a Badges radiator of this type have been numbered 30, xxx series, this badge being No. 30181 Note the difference in the shape of letters NRMA by the previous two examples of type 1.
This is an example of a badge made by craftsmen 75mm enamel and numbered 55781 Type 1a.
In 1930, a new style of badge was introduced that was simple chrome plated gnawed-out design brass, cheaper to manufacture than its predecessors glazed and affordable at the time of the austere depression This design was to continue almost unchanged until 'in 1977. The initial question of the new design were thick wings cast of 6-7mm and Mercury were numbered badges Type2 later had the thickness of wings reduced to about 3-4 mm Type2a.
Type 2 is a badge No. 6120 presented here and the three icons below are different versions of Type2a.
In addition to the mounting design tang shown in the pictures above, the new badge style was also available with a bolt base to allow connection to a radiator cap or dumb iron Several examples of these are presented below type 2b the badge of the left hand, No21888 has thicker and heavier wings later.
In 1977, the long race type 2 badges have been replaced by a smaller version equipped with modern cars more easily grids of the period Initially, metal badges with dark blue color, followed by a version with a lighter Around 1980 the blue metal badges were replaced by a plastic version type 3.
In 1974, a 50-year member badge was introduced and presented to the members who joined the association in its inaugural year These badges continued to be presented to the members that they have reached 50 years of membership.
Since about 1995, the NRMA stopped issuing badges members 50 and replace them with a small plate mounted on a polished wood block to the desktop display two different styles are known and one type is shown here.
The last car badge style to be issued by the type NRMA 4, reflecting a change in corporate identity, was introduced in 1989 and was available until 1996, when the car badges were discontinued.
Coinciding with the introduction type 4 badges, 25 and 50 years of membership badges were issued in the new corporate design and two 25 badges 50 years came in a presentation cloth bag.
Badges of honor were introduced by the NRMA in 1933 and were awarded to members who have performed meritorious service to motorists in New South Wales This service could include participation in an NRMA membership by introducing the reader two new members to the club, which was increased to five after WW2 design is similar to the standard membership badge with the addition of a laurel wreath and an enamel section with the words great honor and a Roman Fasces in ancient Greek and Roman societies, the laurel wreath was worn as a badge of honor by the emperors, senators and other high-ranking personalities Roman beams consisted of a white birch rods bundle tied together with red leather and was also a symbol of honor the use of these two symbols in honor badge NRMA has created one of the most elegant of Australia car badges This badge No. 115, issued to Herbert Charles Uden Campsie, NSW, in 1940.
The badge on the left is an enigma The basic badge is identical to the first series of badges of honor issued in 1930, which was a heavier version than indicated above from 1940 also differ in the wings shape, with the tips pointing downwards rather than upwards slightly this basic style was never used for badges of honor as far as we can tell, so this example, with the absence of a crown section and enamel, seems to be a vacuum used How it escaped the hands of the manufacturer and has come to be stamped with the name of McGregor judge probably will remain a mystery as the 499,843 crudely stamped number on the badge uncertain meaning that it may possibly have been a number of NRMA members or even a phone number from the 1960s, when 6 numbers were in use anyone ideas.
In 2004, the NRMA was an issue limited edition commemorative car badges in style badges issued between 1930 and 1977 to mark 80 years of road service members This example is No. 108 These badges were issued in a box with a wood desk stand and a similar design lapel badge.
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