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A general view of the city of Albert situated on the River Ancre near its junction with the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
A general view of the city of Albert situated on the River Ancre near its junction with the Somme. The city was severly damaged by artillery fire in early 1916 during the fighting between British and ...C04922
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An Australian soldier standing on the remains of a carriage destroyed during the Battle of the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
An Australian soldier standing on the remains of a carriage destroyed during the Battle of the Somme.H00475A
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56 Battalion colour patch : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unit colour patch for the 56th Battalion. The vertically aligned rectangular patch is made of two parallel strips of colour, white and green. The white strip is made of wool flannelette and the green ...RELAWM14076.004
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Belgian Croix de Guerre : Major R H Norman, 12 Infantry Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Belgian Croix de Guerre. Unnamed as issued.REL41635.009
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Brassard : Lieutenant M S Fox, 186 (Special) Company, Royal Engineers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Special Brigade brassard made of eleven vertical strips of woollen fabric in a continuous sequence; green, white, red. One end of the brassard forms a tongue, while the other is full-width. A blackene...RELAWM16878
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British intelligence and instructional papers relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown Various
British intelligence and instructional papers relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1915-1917. This file is comprised of British intelligence and...AWM2018.785.68
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British military pamphlets relating to James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
British military pamphlets relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant-Colonel James Murdoch Archer Durrant, 1916-1918. This file contains: Pamphlet titled 'General Instructions for the O...AWM2018.785.74
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Corporal J A McDonnell, 6 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-1920. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31207.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private E D Hood, 29 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/02892.001
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private W H Bain, 3 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31729.002
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Carved head of a German soldier : 13 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Head of a German soldier carved from chalk. The soldier wears a pair of glasses and has a moustache. The glasses and eyes, mouth, moustache and field cap have all been highlighted with black ink and t...RELAWM00744
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Cigarette lighter : Gunner E V MacKellar, 8 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass plated circular cigarette lighter with textured finish. It is embossed on one side with '1918' and on the other 'Somme'. The top of the lighter has a flint wheel for ignition and a small valve f...REL31358
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Collection related to the service of Alfred George Brown MC
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The ruined house, which when intact, was used as the 21st Battalion Headquarters from about 5 am to 8 pm on the 20 March 1917, during the unit's attack on Noreuil. The 6th Brigade Commander, General ...A00758
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Coloured pencils contained in shaving stick holder : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver cylindrical shaving stick holder with lid. Embossed on the outside is the text 'SHAVING ERASMIC STICK'. 15 coloured pencils the majority of which have the branding 'Te FANTASTIQUE' are held i...REL/03408.007
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Cotton bag : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cream cotton bag with rust stains. '16136 VASCOE. L. / 11th F.C. ENGRS / R/S' has been writing on the front in ink.REL/03408.001
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Cylindrical steel vessel with artists brushes and pencils : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cylindrical steel vessel with a bayonet attachment lid. The lid has been secured to the main vessel with a piece of twine. The base of the pencil case has the following embossed 'E J W III'. There...REL/03408.005
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Deceased Soldier's Kit tag : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular white cardboard tag with a vertical red stripe through the centre. At the top is printed 'Australian Imperial Force, Kit Store.'. Beneath this is 'DECEASED SOLDIER'S KIT.'. Underneath is...RELAWM14076.007
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Distinguished Conduct Medal & Bar: Company Sergeant Major Louis John Mathias, 33 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Geo V). Impressed edge with recipient's details.REL/05768.001
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Distinguished Conduct Medal : Sergeant J H McK Edwards, 21 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Conduct Medal (George V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/08995.002
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Distinguished Service Order : Major C W D Daly, 6 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Service Order (Geo V). Unnamed as issued.REL/09147.001
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Engraved brass serviette ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made brass serviette ring engraved 'SOMME ADVANCE ROWLAND 8.8.18.'REL30605.002
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Engraved brass serviette ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made brass serviette ring engraved 'Somme Advance OLIVE 8.8.18.'REL30605.003
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Engraved brass serviette ring
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand made brass serviette ring engraved 'SOMME ADVANCE HAROLD 8.8.18.' The figure '6TH' is also engraved on the ring.REL30605.001
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German artillery signalling flag : Reserve Leutnant Blankenberg, 5/28 RIR, German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red and yellow check, cotton fabric, signalling flag used by German Infantry. The flag is crudely made and is supported on two opposing edges by sticks that have broken in the middle. There are two k...RELAWM00987
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German moustache trainer : 20 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German moustache trainer made from a rectangular piece of thin cotton fabric with a semicircular section cut out of the centre top to accommodate the wearer's nose. On front and back on either side of...RELAWM00701
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German shoulder strap : 24 Mortar Company (Minenwerfer)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Field grey shoulder strap, embroidered in scarlet cotton chain stitch with the lettering 'MW', over the numeral '24'.REL/04438
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German soldier
Art
Maker: Unknown
Chalk carving of a German soldier in chalk from Somme. This piece was made by a soldier of the 53rd Battalion in 1918.ART16067
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Green box with artists materials : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular wooden hinged box covered in green paper with brass clasp that is broken lined with red material. Inside is two sets of red supports with three stays. This box has been used for storing ...REL/03408.008
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Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant (later Major) Philip Llewellyn Howell-Price DSO MC ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Head and shoulders portrait of Lieutenant (later Major) Philip Llewellyn Howell-Price DSO MC (1894-1917). He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion AIF and subsequently served at...P00267.004
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Identity disc : Gunner E V MacKellar, 8 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular aluminium identity disc engraved with '26363 E.V. Mackellar 96 BTY 8.F.A.B AIF' on one side and 'Wife c/o Mr. G S. Mackellar 17 Castlereagh St Syd. NSW' on the reverse.REL31359
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Identity disc : Lance Corporal G A Swanson, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular zinc identity disc impressed with the following details: 'NZ 6/2771 CE GA SWANSON'. There is a small suspension hole in the top of the disc.REL35029
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Improvised sign : 7 Company, 104 Reserve Regiment, Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised trench sign made from a cross section of raw timber cut from a tree, the bark of which is still present around most of the edge. The face of the timber has been ruled with pencil lines to s...RELAWM00889
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Improvised sign 'PEG TRENCH' : Pozieres, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign made from a pair of planks held together by five timber battens. The raw timber sign, which is extensively damaged, has been painted with the words 'PEG TRENCH' followed by a left faci...RELAWM00558
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Improvised sign, 'PUT YOUR BOX RESPIRATOR IN THE ALERT POSITION' : Somme, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign constructed of natural tin with hand painted black letters 'PUT YOUR BOX RESPIRATOR IN THE ALERT POSITION' The sign has two holes in it showing where nails had previously secured it to...RELAWM00757
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Le Barque. Amid the ruins of a village on the Somme, an unidentified officer contemplates a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Le Barque. Amid the ruins of a village on the Somme, an unidentified officer contemplates a structure known as 'the Crucifix'. The crucifix is constructed from a log and two metal bars, which suppor...H02118
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Memorial plaque : Corporal E L Bailey, 51 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular brass memorial plaque with a curved top, bearing incised lettering interspersed with sprays of laurel leaves. The plaque reads, 'IN MEMORY OF CORPORAL ERNEST LIONEL BAILEY, 51ST. BATTALION...REL31322
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Metal watercolour paint box with brushes : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular black enamelled steel paint box with a large amount of rust on the front and back. The back plate of the paint box has a metal ring attached. Inside, the paint box has a rectangular metal...REL/03408.003
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Metal watercolour paint box with note : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular black enamelled steel paint box with a large amount of rust on the front and back. The back plate of the paint box has a metal ring attached. Inside, the paint box has a rectangular palett...REL/03408.002
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Military Medal : Sergeant E Richardson, 12 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/21244.002
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Montier Street, Rosieres-en-Santerre, Somme.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Montier Street, Rosieres-en-Santerre, Somme.C04901
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Neck badge of Companion of the Order of the Bath : Temporary Major General J G Legge, 2nd Division, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Neck badge of Companion of the Order of the Bath. Unnamed as issued.REL45716.001
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Oeuvre de la Somme dévastée [Work on the devastated Somme]
Art
Maker: Unknown [PARIS : S.N., N.D.] (PARIS : IMPRIMERIE DES ORPHELINS - APPRENTIS D'AUTEXIL)
A widow and her children and an old man enter the interior of a rustic wooden building, their faces are grim. There is a farmer sowing crops to the far right and in the upper centre is an avenue of tr...ARTV04867
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Paints contained in tobacco tin : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular shaped tobacco tin with aqua background and the text 'PLAYERS MEDIUM NAVY CUT' on the hinged lid. The contents of the tobacco tin is nine lead paint tubes and two rectangular paint holder...REL/03408.006
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Photograph of 'Gladys' : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Half of a photograph, showing a young woman in a coat with a fur collar. The name 'Gladys' is signed diagonally on the photograph. Beneath the image of the woman is some purple handwriting which is no...RELAWM14076.006
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Photographs relating to service of Albert Henshall
Digitised Collection
Maker: Unknown
Various photographs relating to First World War service of Sergeant Albert Henshall, 3rd Light Horse Brigade. File contains: Photograph: SS Menominee; Photograph: View from back of dugouts, Gallipoli...RCDIG0000167
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Pilot's brevet : Second Lieutenant J J Pengilley, Australian Flying Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Flying Corps embroidered pilot's qualification brevet with a brass and copper backing and pin. The brevet has cream cotton embroidered wings, a King's crown, and the letters 'AFC' within a ...REL32619
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Pilot's brevet : Second Lieutenant J J Pengilley, Australian Flying Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Flying Corps embroidered pilot's qualification brevet. The brevet has cream cotton embroidered wings, a King's crown, and the letters 'AFC' within a khaki embroidered laurel wreath, on a da...REL32621
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Pilot's brevet : Second Lieutenant J J Pengilley, Australian Flying Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Flying Corps embroidered pilot's qualification brevet. The brevet has cream cotton embroidered wings, a King's crown, and the letters 'AFC' within a khaki embroidered laurel wreath, on a na...REL32620
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Prussian Erastz (substitute) pickelhaube : Private H V Reynolds, 1 Field Ambulance, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Prussian enlisted man's wartime Erastz (substitute) pickelhaube with steel helmet plate. The body of the helmet is made from a field grey coloured felt. At the top of the helmet is a detachable steel ...REL41491
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Reproduction from a German book 'An der Somme' showing two German soldiers in a communication ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Reproduction from a German book 'An der Somme' showing two German soldiers in a communication trench running between La Boisselle and Ovillers.J00213
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Reproduction of a photograph from the German book 'An der Somme' showing a German soldier ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Reproduction of a photograph from the German book 'An der Somme' showing a German soldier standing outside the church at Pozieres during the German occupation.J00217
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Reproduction of a photograph from the German book 'An der Somme' showing a German soldier in a ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Reproduction of a photograph from the German book 'An der Somme' showing a German soldier in a communication trench leading to Pozieres in April 1916.J00218
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Ruined buildings of Sailly-le -Sec. A sign is on a post in the foreground reading 'NO DOUBLE ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Ruined buildings of Sailly-le -Sec. A sign is on a post in the foreground reading 'NO DOUBLE BANKING'.A00923
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Shaving mirror : Sapper L Vasco, 11 Field Company Engineers AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular chrome-plated steel shaving mirror with an oval whole at the top. The mirror has rust patches on both sides.REL/03408.004
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Shrapnel damaged rifle oil bottle: Private H Browning, 41 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Shrapnel damaged brass rifle oil bottle. The two separate pieces are attached with twine.RELAWM07714
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Silver War Badge : Pte H West, 51 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver War Badge with impressed serial number 'A8144' on reverse. The badge is circular with the words 'FOR KING AND EMPIRE SERVICES RENDERED' around the outer rim, and the central area with a voided...REL31817
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Somme Medal : Private J H Lewis, 2 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Medaille Commemorative des Batailles de la Somme (Commemorative Medal of the Battles of the Somme). Unnamed as issued.REL38571.004
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Souvenir Australian red ensign : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small souvenir Australian Red Ensign. The flag is backed with white fabric. The the end near Union Jack is frayed. The other end of the flag has been damaged.RELAWM14076.005
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Steel Helmet : Corporal E A Corey, 55 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian steel helmet, complete with leather chin strap, but without liner. The outside of the helmet has been decorated in red, white, black, orange, brown and green paint. Around the black painted...REL/04728
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Studio portrait of 1924 Private (Pte) Albert Victor Houghton, 41st Battalion, of Paddington, Qld. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 1924 Private (Pte) Albert Victor Houghton, 41st Battalion, of Paddington, Qld. A labourer prior to enlisting on 8 January 1916, Pte Houghton embarked from Brisbane, Qld, aboard HMAT...P05676.002
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Tank signal flag : British Army Tank Corps, Harbonnieres
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sewn red and yellow cotton flag, with a sewn tubular hoist into which is fitted a makeshift wooden pole. There are grease and oil stains evident across the flag. An original "Australian War Museums" o...REL/06726
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The bodies of nine Australian soldiers wrapped in hessian, laid out in the bottom of a mass grave ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The bodies of nine Australian soldiers wrapped in hessian, laid out in the bottom of a mass grave at Warloy.A00016
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The railway station at the village of Miraumont which is situated on the railway line which runs ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The railway station at the village of Miraumont which is situated on the railway line which runs through the valley of the Somme river. Heavy fighting between British and German forces in 1917 saw the...C04907
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The Rue de Amiens-Albert in Albert, a city of 7000 situated on the River Ancre near its junction ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
The Rue de Amiens-Albert in Albert, a city of 7000 situated on the River Ancre near its junction with the Somme.C04921
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Tin containing blossoms and a leaf : Lieutenant General J Monash, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small silver coloured metal tin with a hinged lid containing a dried leaf from a copper beech tree and the remains of several blossoms from a chestnut tree. The tin has a paper label which reads 'Souv...REL/00803
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Trench Art paper knife : British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Trench Art paper knife with a handle made from a 7.92 mm German rifle bullet and a .45 inch calibre pistol bullet placed end to end. A flattened British Army general service brass button, featuring th...REL31389
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Trophy: Musketry Silver Cup, 12th Brigade AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Burnt and battered remains of 12th Brigade AIF's musketry silver cup trophy. Features two handles which have become detatched from the twisted and bent body, and a lid engraved with a simple pattern.RELAWM01513
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Unofficial European Veterans Medal : Private S J Heath, 19 Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unofficial European Veterans Medal. Unnamed as issued.REL30572.007
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Unofficial Somme Medal : Private J W H McCullough, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Medaille Commemorative des Batailles de la Somme (Commemorative Medal of the Battles of the Somme). The obverse shows two warriors with spears and shields fighting side by side. On one shield is a coc...REL/10344.005
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Unofficial Somme Medal : Private S J Heath, 19 Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Unofficial Somme Medal. Unnamed as issued.REL30572.005
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Victory Medal : Lance Corporal J A McDonnell, 6 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31207.003
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Victory Medal : Private E D Hood, 29 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/02892.002
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Victory Medal : Private W H Bain, 3 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31729.003
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View of the Somme, with Vaux and Vaire in the distance, taken from Bray-Corbie Road.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
View of the Somme, with Vaux and Vaire in the distance, taken from Bray-Corbie Road.A00925
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Wallet : Private C J Brill, 56 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular brown leather three-fold wallet, secured shut by two press studs (one press stud is damaged). The interior of the wallet is lined with leather. Each side of the interior is fitted with two...RELAWM14076.001
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Wooden cross erected at Mouquet Farm: 49th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Large wooden cross manufactured of timber which was originally whitewashed or white painted, but which is now grey in colour. The words 'ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF OFFICERS N.C.O.S & MEN 49TH BN A.I.F. ...RELAWM09421