In 1914 despite having recently achieved Federation and an independent government  Australians saw themselves as Britons at the outset of WWI. As news of the war broke in London the Australia was committed to supporting Britain and its allies and volunteering began for the Australian Imperial Force.

The first in a series of coins featuring Australian posters of WWI this rectangular coin features a coloured representation of the Australia World War I poster ‘A Call from the Dardanelles’ headed by the inscription AUSTRALIAN ENLISTMENT. Second quality outer cardboard box.