Rising Sun Bridge

The origins of the Rising Sun badge are disputed. Rising sun designs had appeared on early Australian colonial coins and military insignia decades before the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901, and may have represented the image of Australia as 'a young nation' and a 'new Britannia'. As early as the 1820s, the symbol of a rising sun was used by various progressive organisations, loosely characterised under the banner "Advance Australia". The rising sun crest used in the New South Wales colonial and State crests was taken from the crest used on the first Advance Australia Arms, circa 1821, and consistently since then. The oldest known example is the "Advance Australia" coat of…

In 1949, when Corps and Regimental badges were reintroduced, the badge was changed again. The wording on the scroll was changed to read "Australian Military Forces", deleting the word "Commonwealth". Following the ascent of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the throne, the Crown on the badge was consequently changed from a King's (Tudor) Crown to the St. Edward's Crown on the 1956 version. was produced which returned the design to one similar to that of the original World War I badge, to coincide with the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the fighting at Gallipoli. The inscription on the scroll was again changed and now reads "The Australian Army". Additionally, the badge was once…