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A kiss from France
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard features the Australian and French flags with a purple and white pansy.SC00190
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Artificial leg : Warrant Officer Class II H S Blackburn, 4 Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Simpson & Son Ltd Unknown
Below knee artifical leg with hinged wooden foot. The calf is made from brown blocked leather with two buckled straps attached to tighten the fit. This section is supported by two lengths of steel run...RELAWM07977
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Australian red ensign : Private P V Barr, 14 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Printed cotton Australian red ensign signed in black from 'The One Woman / One Recruit League'. Union Jack has recipient's name, '25/14' and 'AU-REVOIR' applied in ink. Each of the five stars of the S...REL32928
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Badge: War Workers Navvies & Labourers Badge, Australia
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular bronze badge with `WAR WORKER' embossed at the top, then the Australian Coat of arms, and `AUSTRALIA'.REL25660
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Before sunset buy a war loan bond
Art
Maker: Unknown Unknown John Sands Ltd
Australian First World War poster advertising War Loan bonds. It features a large Australian flag unfurled against a city in the distance. The outline of civic buildings is silhouetted black against ...ARTV00837
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Billy Hughes
Art
Maker: Frith, John
Terracotta caricature head of Australian Prime Minister, Rt. Hon William Morris Hughes (1862-1952) , known as 'Billy' Hughes. Hughes was Prime Minister from October 1915 until February 1923. He was a...ART40892
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'Carmichael's boomerang' presented for raising recruits : Captain A C Carmichael, 36 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden boomerang. Mounted on one side of the boomerang, at its elbow, is a sterling silver presentation plate in the shape of Australia, above which is a boomerang shaped name plate. The presentation ...REL26304.001
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Coat worn by German internee W G Koch, Holsworthy Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unlined cream cotton twill single breasted jacket, with long sleeves, stand collar and a patch pocket over each hip. The jacket fastens down the front with four white metal buttons. A large brown cott...RELAWM03887.001
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Female On War Service badge : British
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Voided brass badge in the shape of a triangle with a crown in the centre. The crown is set above the date '1916'. Impressed on the three sides of the triangle are the words, 'ON' 'WAR' 'SERVICE'.RELAWM16940
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From your soldier boy
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard features an envelope design with pink flowers and sprigs of small blue flowers. A blue and yellow butterfly appears i...RC06403
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Good luck
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard features the Union Jack with sprigs of mistletoe and a horseshoe. The horseshoe is decorated with shields composed of...RC06457
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Kangaroo fundraising badge, Australia Day
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather badge cut in the shape of a kangaroo with a red, white and blue ribbon around his neck and 'AUSTRALIA / DAY' impressed into his body. The eye of the kangaroo is the head of a pin which i...REL/01626.006
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Lapel badge: Volunteered For Active Service, Required for Home Service - Wardle family, Ballarat
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular, gilded bronze 'Volunteered For Active Service' Badge. Around the outside of the badge in raised lettering is 'VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE'. In the center of the badge is the Australian co...REL/05806
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Lily White Association Commemorative medalet, 1917 New South Wales General Strike
Heraldry
Maker: Trantum
Sterling silver medalet in the shape of a horseshoe with a lily in the centre. In raised relief around the shoe are the words 'IN.COMMEMORATION.OF.1917'. The reverse is marked 'REG 2771 STG SIL' with ...REL33157
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Loyal workers medalet, 1917 Industrial Crisis
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Round silver plated bronze medalet with a scrolled suspension hole attached to the top. In the centre of the medalet in raised relief is the Australian coat-of-arms surrounded by a circle enamelled re...REL33158
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Miniature pair of khaki patrotic socks, fundraising
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of knitted miniature socks, sewn together with a short length of silk tricolour. A gilded brass safety pin has been sewn to one of the pair.REL45136
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Patriotic Union Jack trench flag : Mrs D Storey, Potts Point, NSW
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small cotton Union Jack attached to a small length of dowel. Tied to the base of the dowel with a length of red cotton cord is a label printed with the following words: 'The Union Jack Flag attached t...REL/01729.002
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Recruiting banner : South Coast Waratahs
Heraldry
Maker: McIlwraith, (given names unknown) Rodway, D
Tussore silk banner with appliqued waratah and lettering, and a braid edged scroll. Red silk waratah flower has petals hand-painted on to it in a darker red and has then been appliqued to the banner w...RELAWM12471
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Royal Australian Navy
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard features a kangaroo, an anchor and a sprig of wattle. The Commonwealth Crown is shown above an image of crossed Austr...RC04119
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Sign: Polling Booth notice board, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Deteriorating wooden framed sign board with paper proclaimation, used outside polling booths.RELAWM00606
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'The Kitchener Flag' : Australian red ensign autographed and raffled for the benefit of wounded Australian soldiers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silk, handmade, Australian red ensign. The stars and Union Jack are also handmade and have been appliquéd to the flag. A square of white silk has been attached to the flag, signed in indelible pencil ...RELAWM12186.012
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To my dear mother from your loving son
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard has an envelope style featuring a central purple and yellow pansy surrounded by small pink and green flowers set into...SC00205
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Trench art dahlia vase : Sapper S K Pearl, 5 Field Company Engineers, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Pearl, Stanley Keith
Trench art dahlia vase made from a brass German 77mm shell case. The shell has been been hand beaten and narrowed slightly towards the top and then flared out at the rim. The vase has been decorated w...RELAWM14160
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Twelve miniature fund raising bricks : War Service Homes, Mascot 1916
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Set of twelve miniature fired bricks, each impressed 'W.S.H 1916' on one side and 'MASCOT' on the reverse. Colours vary from white to terracotta and sizes vary slightly, averaging 35 x 15 x 10mm.REL34063
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Violin made from war relics in France: Private Max Nicholls, 30 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Nicholls, Maximillian
Violin made from war relics collected in France during the First World War by 2407 Private Max Nicholls, 30 Battalion AIF. The body of the violin is made from a German field telephone box of glued a...RELAWM14432
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Volunteered For Active Service, Medically Unfit badge : John Lewis Lyne
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular brass lapel badge bearing the Australian coat of arms within the words 'VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE/ MEDICALLY UNFIT/ ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE'. The reverse has two lugs to take...REL36640
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Volunteered for Home and Empire cross : Lieutenant W C B Stavely, 59 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass and dark blue enamelled cross suspended from a small brass ring. The word 'VOLUNTEERED' appears in gold letters within a white enamelled rectangle across the horizontal arm of the cross. The ver...REL30978
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War Service Australia badge : Mrs E M Vaughan, Post Office Worker, AIF Headquarters, London
Heraldry
Maker: Fattorini & Sons Ltd, Bradford
Oval sterling silver pin badge featuring a voided map of Australia bearing a depiction of the Rising Sun badge. This design sits on a decorative horizontal bar which extends beyond the badge's outer c...REL/02886
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Woollen fundraising doll, Belgian War Babies Fund : Private W Scott, 40 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small woollen doll made from short bunched lengths of black wool, tied at neck, hands, waist and feet with red and yellow cotton thread. A crude face has been realised with eyes and mouth in red cotto...REL35479
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Woollen fundraising soldier doll
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small woollen doll made from short bunched lengths of khaki wool, tied at the top of the head, the neck, hands, waist with khaki cotton thread. Around the legs, brown thread has been wound to resemble...REL/01626.003