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Defence Medal : Lieutenant G Gosse, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL35097.005
Defence Medal : Lieutenant R W V Elliott, Manchester Regiment

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal, unnamed as issued.
REL34675.003
Defence Medal : Pilot Officer N A Lambell, 576 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL34167.004
Defence Medal : Pilot Officer W J Armour RAAF, 428 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Late issue engraved around edge with recipient's details.
REL/06171.004
Defence Medal : Private L P Saywell, Australian Army Service Corps, 17 Infantry Brigade, 6 Division

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL24151.003
Defence Medal : Squadron Leader A S Grant RAAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL/21623.005
Defence Medal: Squadron Leader D J Shannon, 617 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
OL00572.006
Defence Medal : Squadron Leader J C Holmes, 460 Squadron RAAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL/14938.004
Defence Medal : Warrant Officer K J Dennis, 462 Squadron, RAAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Defence Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL/21118.004
Dellar, William Morris (Gunner, b: 1915)

Manuscript

Maker: Dellar, William Morris
W.M. Dellar enlisted in the AIF and, after training in Australia, served in Palestine and Egypt. Dellar was made a prisoner of war when his ship HMS Hereward was disabled during the evacuation of Cret...
MSS1254
'Dem Licht'entgegen! Mitbürger! Helft uns in der Fürsorge für unsere Kriegsblinden! [Towards 'the light'! Fellow Citizens - Help us care for our war-blind!]

Art

Maker: Werner, M Kunstanstalt Weylandt
First World War German poster depicting a blind soldier with his guide dog wearing a Red Cross symbol on its collar. The German text translates as: "Towards the Light! Fellow citizens! Help us in cari...
ARTV07416
Den Helder, Holland. 1944-09-25. The "very intense flak" which met the force of seventy RAF ...

Photograph
Den Helder, Holland. 1944-09-25. The "very intense flak" which met the force of seventy RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter bomber aircraft when they attacked an enemy convoy in the Den Helder Roads on a ...
SUK13070
Der Deutsche Schmied (The German smithy)

Art

Maker: Oppenheim, Louis K Preuss, Kommandantur von Berlin Weylandt
German First World War poster advertising a patriotic play, 'The German Blacksmith', depicting a blacksmith with a hammer about to strike a blow. The text translates as; 'the German Smith, a patriotic...
ARTV07318
Der feind : hort mit! vorsicht am fernsprecher [The enemy listens too! Careful on the phone!]

Art

Maker: Weber, E Unknown Unknown
German First World War poster warning soldiers to be vigilant while on the telephone as the enemy could be listening. In the upper two thirds it features a depiction of a Scottish infantryman, sitting...
ARTV06679
Der ist Schuld (This is who is guilty)

Art

Maker: Leonard Klischees und Druck von Dr. Selle & Co. G.m.b.H.
Poster depicting an Englishman with a bulldog. Text explains: Germans have to fight and bleed, to go without, to economise on coal and lighting, ration cards are needed, and you can't follow your peac...
ARTV00127
Der letzte hieb [The last strike]

Art

Maker: Neumann, Paul [BERLIN : S.N., N.D.] (BERLIN : SELMAR BAYER)
A German First World War poster printed in colour, depicting a German soldier holding his sword up to strike, silhouetted against the clouds and sky. The text translates as; "The last strike is the 8t...
ARTV05962
Der Magische Gurtel [The enchanted circle]

Art

Maker: Erdt, Hans Rudi Konigliche Bild- und Filmamt (Bufa) Vereinigte Kunst-Institute AG, Berlin-Schoneberg
A German First World War propaganda poster that advertises a German official film depicting the submarine U35, which was shot in April 1917. The title of the poster is taken from a speech by Winston C...
ARTV10342
Der 9te Pfeil [The ninth arrow]

Art

Maker: Erler, Fritz Hollerbaum & Schmidt
Poster depicting an archer with bow drawn and arrow about to be fired. The poster seeks subscribers to the ninth German war loan. The poster title translates as; 'The 9th Arrow: Subscribe to the War L...
ARTV07328
Der wutschrei [The cry of rage]

Art

Maker: Sigrist, Karl Emil Hochdanz
Public subscription to a series of nine war loans provided over 60% of Germany's war costs. Posters promoting war loans aimed to empower and mobilise the civilian public, and became more aesthetically...
ARTV10345
Detachable Shirt Collar : Private S Hall, 31 Battalion AIF

Heraldry

Maker: K.B.A II
Khaki cotton, detachable shirt collar, with tape tie ends and collar tab at back. The tab is stamped in black ink, 'R. B. A. II.' inside a black rectangle.
REL/09246
Deutsche Verwundeten Kunst [Art by Wounded German Soldiers]

Art

Maker: Baslin
Germany First World War poster promoting a musical recital by wounded German soldiers given at Kaiser Wilhem Academy's festival hall in Berlin. While the poster's title refers to 'kunst', which while ...
ARTV05111
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles Über Deutschland R.A.F. [Germany, Germany, above all over Germany RAF]

Art

Maker: Toegel, Stanislaw Markiewicz, Antoni F W Dobereiner
Caricature of Hitler weeping amidst the ruins of a German city. Graffiti on the wall to his right states ' Wir Kapitulieren nie' which translates as ' We never surrender' and the flag of the third Rei...
ART96184.004
Deutschlands ideale zukunft unter der Herrschaft des Bolschewisten [Germany's ideal future under the dominion of the Bolshevist]

Art

Maker: Kassin, M Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] Heymann und Schmidt
A post-First World War German anti-Bolshevist poster issued by Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] c.1919. The poster features the image of a giant male figur...
ARTV00129
Diary of Clifford Timothy O'Riordan, 1942-1943

Digitised Collection

Maker: O'Riordan, Clifford Timothy
Diary relating to the Second World War service of 403397 Flying Officer Clifford Timothy O’Riordan, No. 460 Squadron, RAAF. This diary has entries dated between 26 February 1942 and 11 April 1943. In ...
AWM2018.785.89
Diary of Clifford Timothy O'Riordan, 1943

Digitised Collection

Maker: O'Riordan, Clifford Timothy
Diary relating to the Second World War service of 403397 Flying Officer Clifford Timothy O’Riordan, No. 460 Squadron, RAAF. This diary has entries written by O’Riordan dated between 13 April and 29 Ju...
AWM2018.785.90
Diary of Herbert Huie Armstrong

Digitised Collection

Maker: Armstrong, Herbert Huie
Diary relating to the Second World War service of NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3rd Field Regiment. Armstrong was a prisoner of war of the Germans from c. October 1942 until May 1945. In...
AWM2019.22.119
Diary of Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 1938-1939

Digitised Collection

Maker: Lewtas, Keith Lindsay
Diary related to the Second World War service of VX5354 Private Keith Lindsay Lewtas, 6th Australian Division. This diary written between 1 January 1938 and November 1939 mentions: His study on the 'a...
AWM2019.22.58
Diary transcript of Percy Ernest Nimmo, 1916-1919

Digitised Collection

Maker: Nimmo, Percy Ernest
Diary transcript relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Percy Ernest Nimmo, 48th Infantry Battalion, 11 April 1916 - 3 July 1919. In this diary, Nimmo commences to document his active ...
AWM2018.19.35
Die Beste Sparkasse - Kriegsanleihe! [The Best Savings Bank - War Loan!]

Art

Maker: Oppenheim, Louis [BERLIN : S.N., N.D.] (BERLIN : KUNSTANSTALT WEYLANDT)
German First World War poster promoting War Loan savings. In the upper two thirds it features an image of a hand holding an inverted German stahlhelm (helmet) catching falling bank notes. The title tr...
ARTV07324
Die Beste Sparkasse - Kriegsanleihe! [The Best Savings Bank - War Loan!]

Art

Maker: Oppenheim, Louis Unknown Kunstanstalt Weylandt
German First World War poster promoting War Loan savings. In the upper two thirds it features an image of a hand holding an inverted German stahlhelm (helmet) catching falling bank notes. The title tr...
ARTV06266
Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus [The danger of Bolshevism]

Art

Maker: Feld, Rudi
German anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster showing a black-clothed skeleton with a sword held in its teeth. The poster provides a context for the social, cultural, emotional and political situations in ...
ARTV06118
Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus (The danger of Bolshevism)

Art

Maker: Feld, Rudi Unknown Unknown
German post First World War anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster showing a black-clothed skeleton with a sword held in its teeth. The poster provides a context for the social, cultural, emotional and pol...
ARTV09320
Die Heimat ist in Gefahr! [The fatherland is in danger!]

Art

Maker: Hachez, Karl The Prussian Government Association for Eastern Relief, Berlin (Paul Grasnick)
German poster depicting an ogre-like figure (symbolising Bolshevism) driving people in the east from their homes. The title of this poster transaltes as "The fatherland is in danger" and further text ...
ARTV00116
Die II. Kompanie wird heute Nacht abgelost [Second Company will be relieved tonight]

Art

Maker: Dix, Otto Felsing, Otto
This is plate 20 from the series 'Der Krieg (The War)' published by Karl Nierendorf in 1924 and printed by Otto Felsing. The series consists of fifty images assembled in five consecutive portfolios of...
ART50210
Die Mutter (The mothers)

Art

Maker: Kollwitz, Kathe
Kollwitz has reduced the amount of detail and pared down the forms to achieve an almost sculptural quality in this powerfully evocative lithograph, showing a group of mothers protecting their children...
ART50254
Die National Versammlung ist der Grundstein der Deutschen Sozialistischen Republik (The National Assembly is the cornerstone of the German Socialist Republic)

Art

Maker: Pechstein, Max
This political poster comments on the ordinary man depicted with a trowl on hand laying a foundation stone against a beflagged background. The relates 'The National Assembly, the foundation stone of t...
ARTV06661
Die National Versammlung ist die Morgenstunde : Unsrer Sozialen Republik [The National Assembly is the dawning of our Socialist Republic]

Art

Maker: [GERMANY : S.N.], 1919
German First World War poster depicting workers marching in the light of dawn. The poster title translates from the German as; 'The National Assembly is the dawning of our Socialist Republic'. The Ge...
ARTV06117
Die Weltkarte mit dem Kolonialbesitz der grossen Machte [World map with the colonial possessions of the great powers]

Art

Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
A German map of the world showing the pre-Second World War extent of the empires, colonies and mandates of Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Belgium and Holland.
ARTV09276
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar : Flying Officer T V McCarthy, 460 Squadron RAAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo VI) and Bar. Unnamed as issued, but Cross and Bar are engraved on reverse with the year of award.
REL24250.001
Distinguished Flying Cross and bar: Squadron Leader D J Shannon, 617 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross and bar (Geo VI). Engraved on reverse with year of issue.
OL00572.002
Distinguished Flying Cross : Flight Lieutenant A W Wales, 460 Squadron

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo VI). Engraved reverse lower arm of cross with year of award.
REL43974.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Flight Lieutenant E G Gentle RAAF, 103 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo VI). Engraved reverse with year of award.
REL/15016.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Flight Lieutenant R M Rees, 83 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo VI). Officially engraved on reverse lower arm with year of award and unofficially engraved across the reverse of all four arms with recipient's name, squadron and home ...
REL35284.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Flying Officer J A Saint-Smith, 627 Squadron, RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo VI). Unnamed as issued, but engraved reverse lower arm with year of issue.
OL00389.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Flying Officer M F Manning, 466 Squadron RAAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross. Engraved reverse lower arm with year of issue.
REL25556.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Flying Officer R S Hoy RAAF, 100 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross (Geo V). Engraved reverse with year of award.
REL35497.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Pilot Officer W J Armour RAAF, 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Heraldry

Maker: Royal Mint
Distinguished Flying Cross. Engraved reverse lower arm with year of award.
REL/06171.001
Distinguished Flying Cross : Squadron Leader J C Holmes, 460 Squadron RAAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Cross. Privately engraved reverse with recipient's details and date of death.
REL/14938.001
Distinguished Flying Medal : Flight Sergeant A W Wales, 460 Squadron

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Medal (Geo VI). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
REL43974.002
Distinguished Flying Medal : Flight Sergeant D J W Renno RAAF, 100 Squadron RAF

Heraldry

Maker: Unknown
Distinguished Flying Medal (Geo VI). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.
RELAWM32353.001