"1917 motorcycle club badge washed out by the rain"

[tinpan]

"1917 motorcycle club badge washed out by the rain"

Hi all, We have about 5 inches of rain in 2 days, late this afternoon i checked a demo site near the Back Creek. I was looking for gold rush relics as the Back Creek was heavy populated in 1852.The timber house that stood on the site before the demo dates from 1890's.The site was nicely cleaned up and there was a problem with gal roofing nails and other junk. i did find a 1917 enamel Motor Cycle club badge.It feels good to find a badge in good condition for its age.i don,t find many enamel badges as old or in this condition . rain becoming a pain and even had a couple of hail storms today.Only found a couple of things but the badge is a Killer Find.Here a few pics of site and finds.


tinpan

 

[finders.keepers]

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Very cool badge tinpan, but what is that round thingy?

 

[tymcmurray]

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That is a beauty of a badge!!!
Good luck with the rain.

 

[goldgrubber]

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Awesome find! Nice shape for being that old.

 

[Derek752]

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Awesome cool badge Tinpan !

Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo !

D.

 

[ModernMiner]

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Very cool badge Tin.
What's that round thing?
Congrats,
MM

 

[txkickergirl]

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that badge is in excellent shape considering the age. Hurry up we all want to know what the round thing is?
Mini disco ball

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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Very cool badge Tinny.....I found this little tidbit on the club.............


102. CORPORAL ORMONDE IRVING NEWMAN Born in Adelaide in 1893, he lived in Camberwell. Educated at Melbourne Grammar School, 1908-1910 –Athletics Team, First XVIII. Studied Engineering at Melbourne University. An ardent motor cyclist,winning Victorian Motor Cycle Club’s 25-mile road race in 1912, the 1913 reliability trial and the 1914“Triumph” Cup. Enlisted in 1915 in the 4th Field Artillery Brigade. Served in Egypt and France. He diedof wounds on September 12, 1917, after a shell hit his dugout

 

[dgaughan]

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sweet badge congrats and hh

 

[teverly]

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Neat badge..
And way to go with the info Gypsy elf!!!!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

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Sweet

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Nice badge and pics TP! HH, Mike

 

[Dman]

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Nice find

 

[detectahead]

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Cool finds! Great looking badge!