Toys for Britain (from Melbourne)

SHOW & TELL REPORT from newish member, Paul L., and first time attendee at our February meeting. (At our Show & Tell meetings members bring ephemera of interest to show to others, for advice, comment, admiration.)

I purchased the Toys for Britain tag from Alastor Rare Books of Hampshire at the PBFA London International Premier Book Fair on 3 June 2017. The vendor was not aware of the provenance of the item.
 
I undertook some quick research on the tag on the internet. The Lord Mayor’s Toys for Britain appeal in 1945 is referred to in the following:
– State Library of Victoria: images H99. 201/296 to 201/300 (toys being made and completed toys being displayed in Melbourne) and H99. 201/311 (toys being presented in Britain)
– Australian War Memorial: image accession number 112077 – image of some of the 1,600 toys made by the members of the Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Women’s Army Service and the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service.
– Trove: various newspaper articles including The Argus on 17 May 1945 which referred to the 300 toys made by Pentridge prisoners.