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Australian barbed wire : 8th Infantry Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown Unknown
Piece of barbed wire with two strands of loosely twisted wire with thinner shorter pieces twisted around one of the main wires to make a barb.RELAWM00544
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Barbed wire entanglements : Wire Gully, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two sections of German barbed wire wrapped around pieces of wood. The larger piece, measuring, 35.5cm length x 15.5cm width x 17.6cm depth, is made from two lengths of wire twisted together wrapped ar...RELAWM00343.002
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British barbed wire : Wire Gully, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two pieces of barbed wire. One piece consists of a single length of wire with barbs located along the length. The other piece consists of two lengths of wire, lightly twisted together, with barbs atta...RELAWM00343.001
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British Corkscrew Entanglement Support : Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Corkscrew barbed wire entanglement support. The support has four loops to carry strands of barbed wire. The lower 420mm is intended to be screwed into the ground, is is shaped into a corkscrew. There ...REL/10037.002
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Camouflage : British parapet observation post, disguised as coil of barbed wire
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Engineers
Non-reinforced observation post consisting of a wooden base made with four boards creating a frame. The interior sides of the frame have been cut to form a circular hole, large enough to fit a head th...RELAWM04483
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Case for wire cutters : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: W & G Genders
Brown leather case for Australian Army wire cutters. The case is of sewn and riveted construction, and has a buckle and strap to retain the wire cutters in place. Stamped into the upper section are th...REL35005.002
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German barbed wire : Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hook shaped length of barbed wire, which has a heavy gauge square section wire strand at its core, and long barbs.RELAWM00328
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German barbed wire : Johnston's Jolly, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bundle of short lengths of Turkish barbed wire. The square profile wire has long barbs twisted around it.RELAWM00333
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German barbed wire : Johnston's Jolly, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bundle of lengths of Turkish barbed wire. The wire is made from lengths of square edged wire that has been twisted to create a cork screw look, with barbs twisted around the length of wire.RELAWM07808
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German corkscrew barbed wire support : Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German corkscrew barbed wire entanglement support. The support has four loops to carry strands of barbed wire. The lower 400mm, intended to be screwed into the ground, is shaped into a corkscrew. The...RELAWM00535
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German wirecutters used in an escape attempt from Holzminden Prisoner of War Camp : Private J R Cash, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted steel wirecutters. The handles are partly encased in deteriorating black rubber. Part of the manufacturer's name '...TER' is visible beside the rubber.RELAWM01038
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German wire entanglement from Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two sections of barbed wire. The first is the British style, with two strands of wore with a circular profile twisted together with thinner strands twisted around one of the main wires to make barb. T...RELAWM00551
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Improvised sentry's warning wire : Pope's Hill, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Length of barbed wire, to which is attached two jam tin lids and two jam tins by pieces of wire or barbed wire. A large round piece of tin with crimped edges is attached to the main length of barbed w...RELAWM00326
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Section of German barbed wire : Messines
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Length of square core wire, with dozens of barbs twisted around its length, very close together. The barbed wire is rusted.RELAWM10784.001
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Section of German razor wire : Messines
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Flat, rusted piece of sheet steel, die cut along the long sides to create jagged barbs, giving an exagertaed saw edge appearance. Some of these barbs have been twisted.RELAWM10784.002
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Staples for barbed wire entanglements : Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Four 'staples' to secure barbed wire entanglements to the ground. Each staple is made from a length of steel rod, bent in the shape of an arch. Both ends are pointed.RELAWM00315
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Wire entanglements from Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wire entanglements made up of three wooden branches and barbed wire. Two of the branches are arranged as a cross, with the roughly broken end of the third branch laid against the lower element. The th...RELAWM00301
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Wire netting : Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Folded bundle of lengths of rusted wire netting, or 'chicken wire'. There are two short lengths of British barbed wire woven into the netting, some thinner pieces of wire through part of the bundle wh...RELAWM10193