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German anti cavalry caltrop
Technology
Rusted, four armed anti cavalry caltrop. When sown, at least one spike will always face upwards. These weapons were used to disrupt cavalry charges by injuring the horses.RELAWM00507.004
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German anti cavalry caltrop
Technology
Rusted, four armed anti cavalry caltrop. When sown, at least one spike will always face upwards. These weapons were used to disrupt cavalry charges.RELAWM00507.007
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German anti cavalry caltrop
Technology
Rusted, four armed anti cavalry caltrop. When sown, at least one spike will always face upwards. These weapons were used to disrupt cavalry charges.RELAWM00507.008
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Messines as I saw it June 9th 1917
Art
Maker: Summerhayes, Edwin
Ruined buildings are visible on the skyline with shells bursting in wasteland in the foreground. Major Edwin Summerhayes, originally an architect in Perth, Western Australia, served with the 44th Batt...ART03547
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Messines, Belgium. c. 1917. Ruined buildings in the township.
Photograph
Messines, Belgium. c. 1917. Ruined buildings in the township.H03452
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Messines (winter)
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
This painting depicts the site of the battle of Messines on the Western Front. It is a snowy, war-torn landscape with soldiers and bare trees in the midground, and a river in the foreground.ART11421
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Le Val d'Acquin, Hazebrouck District where the battle of Messines was practised
Art
Maker: Summerhayes, Edwin
A small village is seen in the distance. Major Edwin Summerhayes, originally an architect in Perth, Western Australia, served with the 44th Battalion on the Western Front. His group practised here for...ART03545
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Le Hutte, Messines near Ploegsteert Wood
Art
Maker: Summerhayes, Edwin
In the foreground are the remnants of a barbed wire fence and immediately behind, a small wagon loaded with logs rests on a rail track. Ruined buildings are in the background. Major Edwin Summerhayes,...ART03550
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Letter from Wilfred Denver Gallwey to his parents, 2 August 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Gallwey, Wilfred Denver
Letter relating to the First World War service of 2430 Lance Corporal Wilfred Denver Gallwey, 47th Battalion. Writing from hospital in England, Gallwey compiled a single very detailed letter to his pa...RCDIG0001200
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Sign : British notice board, 'Ploegsteert'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden rectangular street sign painted white with 'Ploegsteert' written in black paint.RELAWM00666
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Identity disc with medalets : Corporal W S Dawe, 32 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular aluminium identity disc engraved with '2016 SGT. W.S. DAWE 32 BATTALION'.The disc is threaded through a cotton tape with two attached enamelled medalets. The first is a red shield with a whit...REL29282
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Field communion bag : Corporal W S Dawe, 32 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White canvas duffle bag with drawstring around the top and four pockets on the inside. On one side the words '2016 W.S. DAWE 3/32 Battalion 8 Brigade' have been written in faded ink.REL29281
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Red Cross barges
Art
Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts hospital barges on a canal, which were manned by British Army Medical Corps orderlies and Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service nurses (QAIMNS, QAs). The converted barges, which ...ART02898
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German pedal gong captured near Warneton, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German pedal gong. A sheet of metal is attached to a wooden frame and is used as a gong. The gong is rung by the pedal contraption attached to a gong beater. Painted vertically in white paint on the g...RELAWM04091
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Military Cross : Captain H J Harrison, 37 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Cross (Geo V). Engraved on reverse with recipient's details.REL33397
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Messines, morning of the offensive
Art
Depicts a war damaged landscape at dawn, part of the front line at Messines, with the remains of trees, trenches and barbed wire visible and shells exploding on the horizon. The 11th Machine Gun Compa...ART02221.003
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The Battle of Messines
Art
Maker: Wheeler, Charles
The Battle of Messines, codenamed ‘Magnum Opus’, began at 3:10am on 7 June 1917, after a seven day preliminary bombardment, with the detonation of 19 huge mines that obliterated thousands of frontline...ART03557
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Victory Medal : Temporary Corporal W P Marr, 36 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34284.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Temporary Corporal W P Marr, 36 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34284.001
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Aid post near Doyle's Post
Art
Depicts a soldier walking along a snow covered road, towards the damaged remains of a post, with a gate and road sign nearby. The image was created by Dyson on the 'morning of second Messines offensiv...ART02330