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Decorated walking stick : Driver A P Flynn, Royal Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Decorated walking stick which features emblems of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS 'Handschar'. The walking stick has been fashioned from a single piece of wood and tapers from top to botto...REL43299
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Improvised medal: Flying Officer Eric Robert Staley, 4 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised medal made from the lid of a peanut tin. It is inscribed in coloured pencil with 'NADZAB CROSS FOR VALOUR F/O R STALEY Into The mouth of DEATH 14 SEP WIRRA'. The medal has a horizontal slot...REL36910
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Japanese Army handkerchief with painting of Mount Fuji : Private R G Roenfeldt, Australian Army Service Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ink painted Japanese Army handkerchief. Japanese characters written at the top of the handkerchief translate as, 'At Tarakan Island, Commemorating the end of the Pacific War, 17 December 1945'. Undern...REL28949
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Leather belt : Private A H Patrick, 9 Works Company, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather plaited belt with brass buckle. There are six stud holes in the tongue of the belt which is crafted out of plain leather. On the inside of the tongue the wearer's name - 'ARTHUR PATRICK'...REL34427
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Map of Australia made from a fragment of a Japanese plane
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fragment of aircraft shaped into a map of Australia. The back shows the remains of red paint and has the words 'DARWIN 1942 PART OF JAP PLANE SHOT DOWN' written across it in black texta.REL29908
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Prisoner of War Model Italian Tank : given to Private A H Patrick, 9 Works Company, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Model tank carved from hardwood. The tank has the general appearance of a Carro Armato M13/40 particularly in the general shape of the hull and in the suspension detail. The tank features a rotatable ...REL34428
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Silver Florin ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The band of the ring has been hammered from an Australian silver florin. The exterior is of the band is smooth, while the interior displays the text and images from the border of the florin. Half of t...REL39299
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Sweetheart brooch : Sergeant N J Gerdtz, 1 Australian Base Ordnance Depot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Clear Perspex sweetheart brooch in the shape of a heart inset with the Australian Army Ordnance Corps colour patch of red square with a blue border in the centre made from pieces of toothbrush handles...REL36930
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Sweetheart pendant: Flight Sergeant Archibald Rupert Charles Allen, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sweetheart brooch with gold painted pilot's wings set into perspex. The perspex has minor scratches and a small crack below suspension ring.AWM2017.1371.3
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Trench art ashtray : Captain R W McGlynn 2/4 Armoured Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench art ashtray made from the base of a shell fired during the battle of Tel El Eisa in Egypt. The ashtray has had 3 grooves cut in to rest cigarettes on, but the rest plates are missing. There is ...REL39095
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Trench art ash tray with match box holder : Major C Jensen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench art ashtray, made from the base of a German 88mm shell case. A tin match box holder has been attached to the fuse stem. Engraved around the edge of the case is: 'TO MAJ. C. JENSEN IN MEMO OF EL...REL34449
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Trench art Christmas greeting : 2/5 Infantry Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench art outline map of Australia (less Tasmania) sent to his mother by a member of 2/5 Infantry Battalion, AIF. The timber map is is missing the top 1 cm of Cape York, and is hand painted in gold w...REL31839
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Trench art letter opener : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench art letter opener in the shape of a gum leaf with a 6.5mm x 50 mm Japanese Arisaka cartridge for a handle.REL35292
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Trench art letter opener : Sergeant W H Harris, 24 Squadron, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench art letter opener cut into the shape of a scimitar from a section of brass shell case. The handle for the letter opener is made from a discharged British or Australian MK VII .303 calibre rimme...REL32867
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Trench art mass gong : Chaplain William Fahy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Polished brass mass gong made from a Japanese mortar shell. A circular hole has been made in the middle of the top and two rounded brackets are soldered opposite each other on the inside. The outside ...RELAWM32269
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Trench art shell case : Sapper S J Benham, 2/4 Field Company
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass shell casing engraved with a flat line drawing of a barbed wire fence. Between the posts of the fence capital letters reading 'TOBRUK' are individually suspended from loops of wire attached arou...REL44355
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Trench art shell case vase : Major A C Smith, 1 Parachute Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass 18 pounder Mk IV shell case dated 7/1940. The lower face is decorated with a brass version of the parachute badge, showing an open, winged parachute, which is flush rivetted to the body of the c...REL35080
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Woven cellophane belt : Warrant Officer II J R Keen, 110 Brigade Workshop, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Belt made from folded pieces of cellophane cigarette wrapperswoven together. The belt has a Perspex buckle and a toggle made from plaited cellophane cigarette wrappers. The belt is of a golden pearl c...REL34803