Colour patch : Australian Army Ordnance Corps 1 Division, AIF

Accession Number RELAWM13307.006
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Colour Patch
Physical description Wool flannel
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1917-1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Horizontally aligned rectangular colour patch for Australian Army Ordnance Corps, 1 Division, AIF, showing a central red square on a dark blue background.

History / Summary

Worn as a distinguishing unit indication at the head of each sleeve from May 1917. From 1916 until May 1917 the Corps' colour patch showed a central red square on a dark blue square backgound.