NRS-4467 | Records relating to the publication of WA Gullick's Australian medals and badges

These boxes contain correspondence with medal and badge-holders (both personal and corporate) requesting information about medals and badges struck to commemorate certain events and/or holders of medals and badges, or requesting permission to photograph medals or badges in private possession. Three copies of the corrected proofs are included, together with two boxes of cards of illustrations of medals and badges held by Australians, showing occasion for which the medal or badge was struck, name, size, weight and composition of medal, name of owner and date struck. It should be noted that Gullick's book is not limited to medals and badges struck in Australia but includes all medals and badges, irrespective of origin, held by Australians or Australian societies or institutions (eg. Numismatic Society or Mitchell Library). (1/197-98). 2 boxesNote: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.