Product Description
1948 Australian Halfpenny Coin Cufflinks – Birth Year 1948
Showcase your individuality with our 1948 Australian Halfpenny Coin Cufflinks. Ideal for 1948 birth year and 1948 anniversary presents.
If you buy these cufflinks you will receive:
- 1 x pair of Hand Crafted 1948 Australian Halfpenny Coin Cufflinks – coins were minted in 1948
- 1 x Stylish Black Giftbox with cotton stitching
- 1 x Certificate of Authenticity – certifying the authentic Halfpenny coins
Showcase your individuality with our 1948 Australian Halfpenny Coin Cufflinks. Ideal for 1948 birth year and anniversary presents.
Fashion for the esteemed gentlemen and the ideal present for a loved one to commemorate that birthday or anniversary in 1948.
Individually Handmade 1948 Australian Halfpenny Coin Cufflinks
A truly unique gift for the man who has everything. Made with a genuine Halfpenny coin featuring the great Australian Kangaroo.
These 1948 halfpenny coin cufflinks are an ideal gift to celebrate birthdays for people born in 1948, wedding anniversaries from 1948, son’s and daughter’s being born, retirements or other important events.
- Handmade cufflinks, made with genuine 1948 halfpenny coins from the Commonwealth of Australia
- Authenticity guarantee – these authentic halfpenny coins have been circulated as legal tender – just think of the stories they could tell if they could talk!
- Protected with a transparent electro-coating ensuring they keep their shine for longer
- These iconic Australian cufflinks are stylish and memorable
- These genuine halfpenny coins are made of Bronze (97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin)
- Anniversary Year 1948
- Birth Year 1948
Here are the upcoming birthday’s that people who were born in 1948 will celebrate over the next few years:
2015: 67th Birthday
2016: 68th Birthday
2017: 69th Birthday
2018: 70th Birthday
2019: 71st Birthday
2020: 72nd Birthday
1948 was a truly special year – here are some historical events that happened in 1948:
Most Popular Music in 1948: “Twelfth Street Rag” … Pee Wee Hunt
Most Popular Movie in 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Most Popular Sports in 1948: 30 August – Fred Fanning, in his last league match, kicks a VFL/AFL record of eighteen goals against St. Kilda
Most Popular Book in 1948: The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
Most Popular Television Show in 1948: The Ed Sullivan Show
Nobel Peace Prize in 1948: No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.
Academy Awards in 1948:
Best Picture: “Gentleman’s Agreement”
Best Actor: Ronald Colman … “A Double Life”
Best Actress: Loretta Young … “The Farmer’s Daughter”
Major Australian Events in 1948:
23 January – De Havilland Australia conducts the first flight of its 3 engined Drover transport aircraft at Bankstown Airport.
8 May – Margaret McIntyre becomes the first woman elected to the Parliament of Tasmania. She is killed in a plane crash later in the year.
21 September – H.V. Evatt becomes President of the United Nations General Assembly.
16 December – HMAS Sydney is commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as its first aircraft carrier.
Important Births in 1948:
27 March – Rosemary Follett, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (1989, 1991–1995)
7 August – Greg Chappell, cricketer
30 October – Garry McDonald, actor
Important Deaths in 1948:
12 February – Sir Isaac Isaacs (born 1855), Governor-General of Australia (1931–1936)
20 May – Marie Pitt (born 1869), poet
24 July – Stanley Goble (born 1891), Chief of the Air Staff