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World War I Brass Pin, 1914, in the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, Accession #10875-as, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This item was given to the University of Virginia Library by William Norris of Victoria, Australia, through Matthew J. Bruccoli on July 23, 1996
This addition to the Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of a brass pin, ca. 1914, bearing the legend, "Volunteered for Active Service Medically Unfit," issued by the Australian Department of Defense to Cyril William Norris (1893-1970). The pin also bears the Australian national seal featuring a kangaroo and an emu.