Commemorative lapel badges have been produced for the Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA) to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Forests Commission Victoria (FCV).
The Commission began in 1918 and had a long and proud history as the primary forest and bushfire manager of Victoria’s 7.1 million ha public land estate.
The FCV relinquished its discrete identity on 1 September 1983 when it amalgamated into the newly formed Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands (CFL).
After many more restructures over the subsequent four decades the FCV remains primary ancestor of the current agency – Forests, Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic).
The 25 mm hard enamel badges come in either traditional forest green, mission brown and gold, or black and white.
They all have the iconic “two trees” logo which was developed in the early 1960s by FCV graphic artist Alan Rawady.
Proceeds from the badges will go towards photographing, cataloguing and describing the FCRPA collection at its Beechworth forestry museum so that the information can be made freely available online.
The badges cost $11 each and come with free postage.
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Mission Brown and Gold (50 available).
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Black and White (50 available).
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Victoria’s Forests & Bushfire Heritage 