Talk:Rising Sun (badge)

About correction.
Hutton was not C-in-C of Australian forces - the Constitution specifies that the Governor-General has that distinction. Hutton was General Officer Commanding Australian Military Forces (i.e., the Army).

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

4th Rising Sun
The 4th version of the rising sun was not issued as a badge until quite late in its life. I'm not sure of when it began to be produced, it certainly wasn't in issue in the early 1980s. Can any one shed light onto this? It may have appeared as a non produced design for some time. Ozdaren (talk) 10:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Badge v.3 - dates
The image and dates given for 'version 3' of the badge do not match. The pictured badge clearly bears the crown of Queen Elizabeth II, who acceded in 1953. Badges from 1949 would obviously still bear the George VI crown, as in the previous version. • Lainagier • talk • 23:56, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism
You can't just copy stuff off the Australian Army website onto here. Read point (3) of the copyright notice on this page, and compare this page's content with the article: http://www.defence.gov.au/army/history/risingsun.htm

May 2010 rewrite
Have rewritten a bit and added some citations. Anotherclown (talk) 02:45, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Civilian/Fake version
Back in the 70s I bought a few slouch hats in Australia from Army-Navy stores. While the hats were the same as military issue there was a different version of the Rising Sun badge. I was told that this was for use by civilians as the military's badge was not for sale. Perhaps some mention of this is appropriate for the article. WikiParker (talk) 22:12, 25 January 2012 (UTC)