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Improvised metal 'no admission' sign : The Nek, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rusted metal sign with several small shrapnel holes. One one side has the following text painted in white 'NO ADMITTANCE / UNLESS EMPLOYED / IN TUNNELS. / BY ORDER / O.C. / DIV. ENGRS.'. The other sid...RELAWM00420
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Improvised pipe: unknown private, 2/48 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Carved wooden pipe - the bowl and shank are carved from a hard wood, with the shank joineded with a piece of brass bullet cartridge, and the stem carved from a piece of bone. The joint between the bra...RELAWM20164
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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 surrender flag used by German soldiers at Mont St Quentin
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Discoloured white triangle of cotton tied by the fly end to a roughly hewn stick. The edges of the fabric are not hemmed and there are a number of holes and tears.RELAWM00988
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Improvised washing machine : Corporals P Chalker (RAEME) and C Hughes (1 RAR), UNITAF
Heraldry
Steel cable reel converted into a washing machine, with hand operation via the original reel handle. Consists of reel mounted on base stand with handle through armature. A steel ammunition box marked ...REL22160
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Invention: Bandage Winder
Heraldry
Cream painted bandage winder with a wooden pine frame construction in two separate pieces. There is a nickel plated plaque pinned to the central cross bar, with an inscription which reads "H BOTH/ Ade...RELAWM20370
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Kitchen towel made from hessian sugar bag
Heraldry
Maker: Country Women's Association of Queensland Unknown
Kitchen towel made from hessian with edges bound with white cotton tape, and embroidered in red cotton in the top left corner, 'KiTChEN TOWEL'. A piece of paper sewn to the rear of the towel reads "Qu...REL/15579
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Miniature half pint ladle : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature example of a half pint ladle made from green painted steel taken from an old filing cabinet. Ladle has straight sides and a flat bottom. Lead solder has been used to attach the handle.RELAWM33848
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Miniature kettle made in Changi Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature kettle made from part of a green painted steel filing cabinet. The upper and lower edges, spout and handle have all been soldered on to the body of the kettle. There is no lid.RELAWM33841
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Miniature one pint ladle : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature example of a one pint ladle made from steel taken from an old filing cabinet. Ladle has straighht sides and a flat bottom. Lead solder has been used to attach the handle.RELAWM33850
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Miniature quarter pint ladle : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature example of a quarter pint ladle made from steel taken from an old filing cabinet. Ladle has straight sides and a flat bottom. Lead solder has been used to attach the handle.RELAWM33847
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Miniature three quarter pint ladle : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature example of a three quarter pint ladle made from green painted steel taken from an old filing cabinet. Ladle has straight sides and a flat bottom. Lead solder has been used to attach the hand...RELAWM33849
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Model laminate wooden tube, prosthetic limb : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Heraldry
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Wooden tube, made with a 6mm thick wall laminated from glued layers of thin wood. The tube was presumably constructed in this manner to combine strength and lightness.REL/01579.002
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Nail brush made in Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden backed nail brush inset with coconut fibre bristles. The bristles are held in place by an upper aluminium plate attached through the wood by two aluminium rivets. The aluminium plate is engrave...RELAWM33859
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Oversized wooden novelty 'cut thoat razor', HMAT Marathon 'crossing the line ceremony': Captain Charles Henry Linklater, 33rd Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oversized wooden 'cutthroat' or 'straight' razor, measuring 73 cm long when fully opened. The wooden 'blade' has been painted silver (although much has worn away) and overpainted with dabs of brown pa...RELAWM09891
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Pair of shorts : Driver M H Store, 2/3 Reserve Motor Company 8th Division AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Store, Mark Hill
Pair of hand made faded blue-grey cotton shorts. The exterior surfaces of the fabric is significantly faded with several parts of the internal facing giving an indication of the original dark blue-gr...REL45061
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Prisoner of War Pullover : Lieutenant A L Walker, 2/1 Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Scoular, James C 'Jimmy'
Green, brown and khaki wool pullover, with a high rolled cowl collar. The collar, sleeves and body are worked in stocking stitch and the cuffs and basque in rib.The collar is green, the body brown and...REL/05674
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Shaving brush made in Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised shaving brush made from a length of coconut fibre folded in half, and secured by a length of wire, then pushed down a steel cylinder, which acts as a sleeve for the bristles and a handle.RELAWM33852
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Tooth brush made in Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Toothbrush with a bamboo handle and head, with a hole punched at the end of the handle so that it can be hung on a hook. The handle has been shaved down so that it is thinner than the head. The head h...RELAWM33851
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Trench marker, 'Q5 to Firing Line' : Shell Green, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular Shell Petroleum tin adapted to make an illuminated trench marker. The front and back of the tin are impressed 'SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT'. The sides are both impressed 'SHELL'. The top of the tin...RELAWM00418