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'A Gentleman in Kharki' and 'The Absent Minded Beggar' vesta holder
Heraldry
Maker: Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD. Publishers to the King and Queen.
Vesta holder (match striker) for wax matches. At the top is a hole for holding matches. On one side is an image of a wounded soldier, after the painting titled 'A Gentleman in Kharki' by Richard Cato...REL23586
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'A Gentleman in Kharki' and 'The Absent Minded Beggar' vesta holder
Heraldry
Maker: Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD. Publishers to the King and Queen.
Vesta holder (match striker) for wax matches. At the top is a hole for holding matches. On one side is an image of a wounded soldier, after the painting titled 'A Gentleman in Kharki' by Richard Cato...REL23585
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Ammunition waistcoat : Boer Commando
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ammunition waistcoat featuring thirty pockets for storing ammunition. Waistcoat is made from a mustard coloured, pinstriped cotton and features a large main body and two shoulder straps, which button ...RELAWM06167
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Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 : Burger C J Coetser
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902. The recipients name is impressed on the edge. Both sides have the legend 'ANGLO-BOERE OORLOG' and the dates '1899 - 1902' around the circumference. Medallions set in a ...RELAWM17430.001
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Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal : Colour Sergeant G E Mitchell, Devon Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Queen Victoria, third type with the small letters reverse. The recipients number, rank name and regiment are engraved on the edge. Obverse: A trophy of arms wit...RELAWM16188.004
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Army Medical Staff pattern full dress sword belt : Lieutenant Colonel R Vandeleur Kelly, NSW Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Hobson and Sons
Black patent leather sword belt, 38 mm wide, embroidered with two stripes of gold bullion thread, fitted with a gilded universal locket buckle fitted with a white metal badge of the NSW Military Force...REL36938.003
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Australian-made stock saddle officially supplied to troops serving in the Boer War, 1901
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather Poley saddle with white cloth (replacement) lining over original white serge lining. Both flaps stamped inside with broad arrows and '01'. Saddle is unmounted.REL26766
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Badge of the Order of St John of Jerusalem : A E Perkins
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Badge of a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.REL/18064.002
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Badge : Sister A L Jones, Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular silver badge for the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve. The badge features a large cross in the centre, with a coronet at the end of each arm. In the quarters formed by the cros...REL/04568
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Boer War Christmas greeting and gift : Trooper W Alexander
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Boer War Christmas greeting and gift. It comprises a patch of khaki fabric with a drawing of crossed flags and the inscription 'BOER WAR 1901 S.A', and a greeting written on a piece of paper which rea...REL36902
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Boer War souvenir handkerchief
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White silk handkerchief printed in black, with a portrait of Lord Roberts in the centre. Around the image is a ribbon scroll inscribed, 'JACOBSDAL, SMALDEEL, PAARDEBERG, BLOEMFONTEIN, KIMBERLEY, MAFEK...REL29464
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Boxed presentation shaving set : Lieutenant Colonel W R Birdwood
Heraldry
Maker: George Butler and Co
Rectangular wooden veneer box fitted with a lock, with all edges reinforced with brass banding. A sterling silver presentation plaque is mounted on the lid, and reads 'Presented to LIEUT COLONEL W. ...REL/03394
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Brass Trumpet : Bugler H G M Cole, 4 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (South Australia)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass Trumpet with conical horn. Markings stamped into horn 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS' within a wreath, '1900/ HORS CONCOURS/ MEMBRE DU JURY/ GAUTROL BREVETE/ S.G.D.G./ PARIS/', and an oval wit...REL25085
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British officer's foreign service helmet
Heraldry
Maker: Hobson and Sons
British army officer's foreign service helmet. The cork helmet is covered with khaki cotton drill on the outside and fine green cotton on the inside. It is complete with a brass ventilator button and ...REL/06675
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British Universal Pattern 1885 horse bit : Trooper H S Dodds, 5 Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: J Noakes & Son
British Universal Pattern 1885 curb horse bit with single link curb chain, mouth piece with low port, and 'S' shaped cheek pieces secured at the lower end by a curved bar. Each side of the bit bears a...RELAWM14444
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Major A Cooke-Russell, 36th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's name.REL/10783.004
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private W R Winter, 4 Regiment, South African Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33271.001
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Bugle : Bugler H G Julius, 3 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Mahillon, Charles
Brass cavalry or long bugle fitted with green tasselled lanyard. The bugle bell is impressed 'C Mahillon & Co / * / 59 / 1901'. The tassels are constructed around wooden beads. Bugles of this length a...REL34160
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Bugle : Bugler H G M Cole, 4 Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (South Australia)
Heraldry
Maker: Henry Potter Co, London
Brass Bugle with conical horn. Markings stamped into horn, 'S.A./ GOVT/ W (upward broad arrow) D/ HENRY POTTER & Co./ 30 CHARING CROSS./ LONDON/ C&M/ 1886'; also punched into the horn is 'BUGLER H COL...REL25086
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Bugle: Trumpeter H V Masters, NSW Medical Corps, Boer War
Heraldry
Maker: Henry Potter Co, London
Standard short double loop brass bugle with silver mouthpiece. Outside of bell is engraved 'Henry Potter & Co 30 Charing Cross London 1898 NSW G 1.1900'. The body is heavily tarnished, is missing...RELAWM17384.001
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Bullet casing cigarette lighter : Private H Turner, New South Wales Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cigarette lighter made from a .303 cartridge. A flint wheel has been soldered to the side of the casing, which is engaged by a threaded screw at the bottom of the wheel's housing, and the projectile c...REL39564
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Bullet in cylindrical case : Private J W Anderson, 1 Victorian Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Nickel plated brass dome-ended cylinder shaped case in two parts - a lid and a body - which screw together. The main body is also supplied with a screw shape at its other end, allowing the lid to be s...REL23630
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Busby : Transvaalse Staatsartillerie
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black fur busby with red wool bag. Attached to the end of the bag is a gold tassel. On the front of the busby is a brass badge featuring crossed cannons and a bursting grenade. Each side features a go...REL/03531
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'Bushmen' sweetheart brooch : Sergeant C H Lade, 1st Tasmanian Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Crawford's Studios
Hand made gilded metal wire sweetheart brooch curved to form the word 'Bushmen' in cursive lettering. The brooch is made from a single piece of wire that is bent on itself to form a pin and clasp behi...REL31730
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Calabash smoking pipe with full bent stem : Lance Corporal Edward Charles Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Gourd calabash pipe with brass chamber capping and full-bent vulcanite stem with nickel-plated stem collar. The chamber lined with tobacco residue.REL34556
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Cap comforter : Lieutenant H A Embling, Victorian Imperial Bushmen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki coloured knitted cap comforter with pompom.REL/01700
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Cartridge belt : South Australian Military Forces
Heraldry
Maker: Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company
Khaki cotton webbing waist belt with fifty individual ammunition loops. The belt is fastened by a pressed brass sliding clip impressed with the letters 'S A'. Scratched on the reverse of the clasp are...REL35060
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Carved and decorated Oom-Paul smoking pipe : Lance Corporal E C Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oom-Paul style pipe with full bent neck, vulcanite stem, pierced brass hinged chamber cover and brass stem collar. The front of the bowl has been carved 'E.C.B / BOER WAR / 1900-01' within a shield sh...REL34555
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Carved pipe : Trooper C E Blanchard, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ornately carved 'Oom Paul' style pipe bowl. The shank is carved with the name 'C. E. Blanchard' with a branch and star pattern depicted on either side. On the left side of the shank is 'DE WET' and o...REL/00413
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Carved wooden pipe : Boer prisoner of war
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
'Oom Paul' type briar pipe carved in captivity by a Boer prisoner of war. The bowl of the pipe has been carved so that the coat of arms of the South African Republic appear in relief inside a circle, ...REL30526
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Case for Royal Red Cross : Matron M S Bidmead, South Australian Nursing Sisters
Heraldry
Maker: Garrard & Co Ltd
Dark brown leatherette medal case with brass hinge and clasp to hold a Royal Red Cross. The inside base is indented with the shape of the medal with ribbon bow and lined with dark blue velvet. The lid...REL46320.003
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Case for slide rule : Captain R Wishart, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather case for a slide rule. The case is of sewn construction, and has a strap fastening through a leather loop to retain the slide rule.REL36081.002
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Cavalry pattern ammunition pouch : Sergeant J Williams, 5 Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black leather ammunition pouch of stitched construction featuring a long external flap mounting a brass badge of 1 Australian Horse. This flap opens to reveal an internal pouch, fitted with eight exte...REL38827
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Cavalry trumpet : Private H A Colless, F Squadron, NSW Imperial Bushmen
Heraldry
Maker: Henry Keat and Sons
Nickel plated brass cavalry trumpet (bugle), with double loop tube and reinforced bell. There is a suspension ring soldered to the rear of the outside loop. The maker's details are impressed into the ...REL42949
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Chaplains peaked cap: Honorary Chaplain Major E C Beck, A Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black superfine wool peaked cap with rounded leather peak. A black lace wraps around the lower half of the cap, with a embroided chaplains badge attached to the lace at the front. Centre of crown is d...REL/08540
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Chocolate Box : Corporal A Hill, 1st Australian Horse Regiment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative tin with hinged lid. The lid has been painted red with a gold and blue border. The edge of the lid is also painted in gold. The centre of the tin has an embossed image of Queen Victoria ...REL/04680
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Chocolate Tin Queen Victoria
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative tin with hinged lid. The lid has been painted red with a gold and blue border. The edge of the lid is also painted in gold. The centre of the tin has an embossed image of Queen Victoria ...REL/02572
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Christmas hard tack biscuit : Boer War
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard issue army hard tack biscuit with 49 holes, made into a Christmas greeting by its original owner by the addition of a photograph, newsprint letters, cartridge heads and red, white and blue wo...REL/10747
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Clothes Brush : Private C Cooke, Queensland Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Clothes Brush. The number '149', has been roughly carved into the top of the wooden handle. The top of the handle has a thin wooden cover that has been nailed with 8 small tacks to the base. One of th...REL/11945
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Clothes Brush : Sergeant Major Robert Fraser, 1 New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden handled clothes brush with ten longitudinal rows of black bristles. The wooden face of the brush has been engraved RDF.REL32798
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Cloth postal wrapper for Queen Victoria chocolate gift tin, 1900 : Private Wyatt, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Calico parcel wrapper addressed in idelible pencil 'Mr J. WYATT 44 HIGH ST NTH SYDNEY N.S.W./ 656 WITH CARE QUEENS CHOCOLATE/ FROM PTE WYATT T.M.I.' Wrapper is franked and bears nine sixpenny stamps.REL29775
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Horse gilded brass 'Rising Sun' collar badge, 1st Pattern. The badge has seven triangular points that protrude from the top side like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is embossed in an arch o...REL25012.002
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Commonwealth Horse gilded brass 'Rising Sun' collar badge, 1st Pattern. The badge has seven triangular points that protrude from the top side like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is embossed in an arch o...REL25012.003
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse (Second pattern)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Semi-circular brass badge, flat across the bottom, with thirteen stepped triangular fins, in alternating sizes, protruding from the top side, like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is cut out beneath the rays, in an ...REL25013.003
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Collar badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse (Second pattern)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Semi-circular brass badge, flat across the bottom, with thirteen stepped triangular fins, in alternating sizes, protruding from the top side, like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is cut out beneath the rays, in an ...REL25013.002
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Collar badge: South African Union Defence General Service 1940-1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
South African General Service cap badge in the form of a circle with a central void inscribed in English and Afrikaans 'Union Is Strength' - 'Eendracht Maakt Macht'. Within the circle is the head of a...REL36014
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Collar badge : Trooper H S Dodds, 5 Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass collar badge for the Australian Commonwealth Horse (2nd pattern) showing a Rising Sun with a semi-circular voided 'AUSTRALIA' beneath the rays, over a King's crown on a straight bar with a patte...RELAWM14445.002
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Collection of badges : Lieutenant Colonel C H D Evans, New Zealand Cyclist Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Collection of six badges including a New Zealand Cyclist Company hat badge and collar badge, two right hand Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles Regiment collar badges, a left 7th Wellington West Coas...REL29642
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Commemorative pewter cup : Private H Turner, New South Wales Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: L. Roehlin
Pewter cup manufactured to commemorate the South African Republic, annexed by the United Kingdom during the Second Boer War. The cup features a profile image of President Paul Kruger and the coat of a...REL39566
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Decorated aircraft 'nose art' fabric : Flying Officer R Leftwich DFC, RAAF, 142 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular shaped painted aircraft fabric 'nose art' from the forward left fuselage of Vickers Wellington Mark X bomber serial number LP 209 'J for Johnny' of 142 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF). The...REL30874
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Decorated ostrich egg : Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant J K Paul, 1 Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ostrich egg painted in oils with an ostrich on one side and an image of two bearded Boer game hunters on the other. One man is standing and the other is partially concealed behind rocks and grass. The...RELAWM16215
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Decoratively carved rifle butt : Farrier Sergeant P R King, 5 Victorian Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Butt from a Lee Enfield No1 Mk1 rifle, made of walnut wood, hand carved on both sides. The left side shows an unofficial Australian coat-of-arms set on a cross-hatched background, and comprising a shi...REL/15154
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Private A E Starkey, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (VR). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/06460.001
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Sergeant A Russell, Scots Guards
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Conduct Medal (VR). Engraved around edge with recipient's details.REL/10783.001
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Trooper W E Dexter, Lumsden's Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (VRI). Chisel engraved around edge with recipient's details.REL/15671.003
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Distinguished Service Order : Captain Robert Wishart, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Garrard & Co Ltd
Distinguished Service Order unnamed as issued. Award is housed in its original black leatherette case from Garrard and Co Ltd.REL36084.001
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Distinguished Service Order : Major A E Perkins, New South Wales Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order. Unnamed as issued.REL/18064.001
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Double Bowl Pipe : Private C Cooke, Queensland Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Cooke, Charles
Double bowl briar pipe. The Pipe has been fashioned out of a single piece of wood and the two bowls run one behind the other. The rims and the lining of the bowls have a thin metal covering to stop th...REL/11943
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Dress tunic : Orange Free State Artillery Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Orange Free State Artillery Corps (Korps Artillerie Orange Vrystaatse) full dress tunic. Tunic is dark blue with orange piping and is fastened with seven brass buttons. On each sleave is two organkrag...REL/03236
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Edward VII Coronation Medal : Lance Corporal E A Starkey, 3rd Battalion, Victorian Colonial Forces
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Edward VII Coronation Medal. Unnamed as issued.REL/06460.003
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Egypt Medal 1882-89 : Lieutenant W Cope, New South Wales Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Egypt Medal 1882 -1889 with the bar 'SUAKIN 1885'. Engraved around the edge with recipient's details.REL/03853.001
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Emergency Field Service rations: Boer War
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unopened emergency field service ration tin in the form of a white metal cylinder with soldered ends. Each end has tinned brass band with a loose end designed to be opened by a patent key can opener. ...REL/00957
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Emergency rations : Private H H Parry, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unopened emergency field service ration tin in the form of a white metal cylinder with soldered ends. Each end has tinned brass band with a loose end designed to be opened by a patent key can opener. ...REL/00956
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Epaulettes: Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of Australian Commonwealth Horse khaki drill epaulettes, each with brass rank insignia for lieutenant colonel, crown and star, voided brass 'ACH' title with gilt brass Colony of New South Wales b...REL24303.002
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Field Dressing : Shoeing Smith Samuel Mullen Woods, 2 Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: S Maw, Son & Thompson
Boer War field dressing packaged in a khaki cotton wrapper. The wrapper is stitched around three edges with black cotton, one edge having been reinforced with white cotton stitching. Printed in black ...RELAWM17155
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Field Dressing : Shoeing-Smith S M Woods, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: S Maw, Son & Thompson
Boer War field dressing. The pale khaki cotton packaging, which was originally stitched around three edges with black cotton, has been opened at one end and the contents removed. These consist of a wo...REL/00958
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Field service cap badge: Private C Cooke, Queensland Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A voided Southern Cross backed with red felt within a circle inscribed 'QUEENSLAND' and surmounted by Queen Victoria's crown which is joined to the badge by two laurel leaves extending from each side ...REL/11952
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Field service cap : Lieutenant H A A Embling, 4th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Officer's khaki wool field service cap lined with khaki cotton. Two small brass buttons, with the pre-1893 Victorian military forces motto 'AUT PACE AUT BELLO', secure the flaps at the front. There ar...RELAWM15794
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Field Service cap : Private W A Steel , 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rifle green wool field service cap with turned up flaps secured by a pair of brass British general service buttons.RELAWM16192
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Folding hoof pick : Private H Turner, New South Wales Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Berkeley & Co.
Steel folding hoof pick. The hook-shaped pick is held by a pin in a loop handle, and swivels open or closed. The pick is held in either position by two sets of lugs on the handle. The handle is impres...REL39565
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Full dress shoulder belt and pouch : Lieutenant Colonel R Vandeleur Kelly, NSW Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Curved full dress black patent leather shoulder belt decorated with three lines of gold bullion wire. An engraved gilded brass buckle, slide and tip are attached to one end of the belt. A black patent...REL36938.004
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Full dress sword belt : Captain F N Parbury, Royal Field Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black leather sword belt with artillery pattern gold lace. Gilded brass buckle has an oval at each side bearing a lion statant guardant standing on a Queen Victoria crown. The two ovals are joined wit...REL33275.002
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Full dress tunic : Captain F N Parbury, Royal Field Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: W. Chorley & Co Pty Ltd
Dark blue superfine tunic with scarlet stand collar. Collar decorated all round with round gold cord; upper edge with gold artillery pattern lace and embroidered gold bullion grenade collar badges at ...REL33275.001
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Full dress tunic : Lieutenant Colonel R Vandeleur Kelly, NSW Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark blue superfine wool tunic with black velvet stand collar and pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with gold lace and a pattern of repeating loops, with the lower edge decorated with doub...REL36938.001
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Full dress tunic : Lieutenant S G Hubbe, 1st Battalion Adelaide Volunteers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark blue superfine tunic with royal blue stand collar and pointed cuffs. Upper edge of collar decorated with silver lace and lower edge with silver Russia braid. Twisted round silver cord shoulder st...REL/10300
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Fund raising medalet
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes
Gilded bronze medalet featuring on the obverse a bust Queen Victoria with words around the edge 'BRITISH TRANVAAL WAR 1899 1900'. On the reverse are two flags, the Union Jack and a pre Federation exam...REL/03084
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Glazed china bowl, 'The absent minded beggar'
Heraldry
Maker: James Macintyre & Co
Glazed china bowl with gilded edge. On the front of the bowl is part of the chorus from Rudyard Kipling's 'The Absent Minded Beggar', witha facsimile of Kipling's signature beneath it. On the bottom o...REL23584
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Group of four miniature medals: Private Thomas Gunning, Sudan and Boer Wars
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Group of four miniature medals comprising: Egypt Medal with clasp 'Suakim 1885'; Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps 'Cape Colony', 'Driefontein', 'Johannesburg', 'Diamond Hill', 'Wittebergen'; Kin...RELAWM14929
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Hand Carved Smoker's Pipe : Trooper Sydney Norfolk Barnby, 2 New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small smoker's pipe with a wooden bowl and shank and an ebonite stem, bit and lip. It is shaped in the Bent pipe style with a one-half stem curve. Hand-carved into the face of the bowl is 'TPR SYDN. B...REL24978
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Hand cut 'Australia' shoulder title : Lieutenant C B B White, 1 Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unofficial hand-cut curved brass shoulder title with the voided word 'AUSTRALIA'. Some solder remains where the lugs were attached.REL29693
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Hard tack biscuit : Captain C H Brand, 7 Battalion Australian (Queensland) Commonwealth Horse
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Maker: Unknown
Hard tack army biscuit as supplied to Australian troops during the Boer War. The biscuit has been slightly singed on the back during the baking process.REL/00911
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Hat badge: Australian Commonwealth Horse
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Semi-circular brass badge, slightly curved across the base, with thirteen stepped triangular points, in alternating sizes, protruding from the top side, like rays. 'AUSTRALIA' is embossed beneath the ...REL25013.001
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Hat badge : King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment)
Heraldry
Maker: J R Gaunt & Sons
Hat badge : King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment). The badge shows the Royal crest surmounted by a King's Crown and lion. Underneath the crown is a three part scroll with the wo...REL31054
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Hat badge: NSW Medical Staff Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A voided Geneva Cross in the centre of a Garter belt within a laurel wreath upon a large eight pointed star surmounted by a Victorian crown. The badge has three attachment lugs on the reverse, but is ...REL33567
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Hat badge : Zuid-Afrikaansche Ruidende Politie (ZARP)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass hat badge of the Zuid Afrikaansche Ruidende Politie (South African Republic Police). The badge features the South African Republic cypher encircled by 'EENDRAGT MAAKT MAGT' and surmounted by an ...REL/09219
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Horse bit : Lieutenant L C Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
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Maker: Unknown
Straight mouth Pelham horse bit with long cheek pieces. The double link curb chain appears to be a modern replacement.REL/09907
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Identity Disc : Lance Corporal G F Daniel, 1 Division Signal Corps, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Scratched and worn, round aluminium identity disc with the obverse impressed with the words '32 DANIEL G F 1 DSC 1 AD P', (1 Division Signal Company, 1 Australian Division, Protestant). Etched on the ...REL/13721
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Illustrated khaki uniform scrap depicting a soldier holding a flag : Lance Corporal E C Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Barnes, Edward Charles
Square patch of summerweight khaki drill with 10 mm wide fringed edges, on which has been inked, to the right of the square, an illustration of an infantryman in Field Service uniform, wearing a Forei...REL34554
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Illustrated poem painted on khaki uniform scrap : Lance Corporal E C Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Barnes, Edward Charles
Rectangular patch of summerweight khaki drill with 10 mm wide fringed edges, on which has been inked a poem accompanied by illustrations. The poem is titled 'GOOD LUCK / FROM / LC CPL BARNES' and rea...REL34553
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Inscribed piece of tunic : Trooper W McConaghie, South African Constabulary
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of khaki cotton drill tunic uniform inscribed with a verse of poetry and decorated with designs of crossed Union flags, a heart, and sprigs of red tipped flowers. The poem reads: 'South 1901 Afr...REL38295
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Inscribed silver vesta fob case : Private J W Anderson, I Victorian Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Minshull & Latimer Pty Ltd
Rectangular sterling silver vesta match holder, supplied with a silver suspension ring to the proper right side. The lid is sprung while the base is equipped with an inset tooth pattern to aid in the ...REL23629
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Iron Cross Second Class, 1939
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Maker: Unknown
Iron Cross Second Class, 1939, with original ribbon. Unnamed as issued.REL31362
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Khaki drill service dress tunic: British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki cotton drill tunic with plain stand collar and pointed cuffs. Khaki shoulder straps each have a single small British general service button and two holes for insignia that is missing. The left s...REL28371.001
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Khaki drill trousers : British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki cotton drill trousers with side welt pockets at the side seams. Pockets lined with brown cotton drill. Pressed zinc alloy buttoned waist and fly; waist buttons on the inside. Strapped back waist...REL28371.002
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Khaki woollen Tam-o'-Shanter cap : Private F A Henley, 4th South African Infantry Battalion, SAEF
Heraldry
Maker: War Department
4th South African (Scottish) Infantry Battalion Other Ranks khaki woollen Tam-o'-Shanter cap. It has a red (faded) pom pom on the top. The badge on the left side, is the general service badge worn by ...RELAWM09036.006
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Khedive's Star : Private W E Learoyd, New South Wales Ambulance Corps, Sudan Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Henry Jenkins and Sons
Khedive's Bronze Star. Unnamed as issued.REL/04857.003
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Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896 -1908 : Sergeant A Russell, 13th Sudanese Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896 -1908 with clasps for 'FIRKET', 'SUDAN 1897', 'THE ATBARA' and 'KHARTOUM'. Engraved around edge with recipient's details.REL/10783.006
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Kilt : Private F A Henley, 4th South African Infantry Battalion, South African Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
4th South African (Scottish) Infantry Battalion Murray of Athol pattern tartan wool kilt. A pair of black painted metal buckles and short brown leather straps fasten the kilt on the right side. '16889...RELAWM09036.001
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King's South Africa Medal : Agent S E A Greentree, South African Field Intelligence Division
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
King's South Africa Medal with 'SOUTH AFRICA 1902' and 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901' clasps. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL41727.002
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King's South Africa Medal : Captain J G Legge, New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: de Saulles, George William
King's South Africa Medal with the clasps 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901' and 'SOUTH AFRICA 1902'. Impressed edge with recipient's details.REL45716.004