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A few of many models collected by the Australian War Records Section. They were made by men in ...
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Maker: Unknown
A few of many models collected by the Australian War Records Section. They were made by men in the field during their spare time, those represented here being: a donkey engine made from pieces of shel...D00074
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American officer's cap made from an 18 pounder shellcase : Air Mechanic Albert Edward Hoye, A Flight, 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Hoye, Albert Edward Unknown
Brass 18 pounder shellcase base which has been worked to produce an officer's cap with integral brim with a rolled rim. A Unitied States copper uniform button has been soldered to the peak, with a chi...REL45259
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Brass stand for souvenir shell case
Heraldry
Soldered brass suspension stand designed to hang a shell-case (REL/00021.001) for use as a dinner gong. The base and tapering pillars are engraved with faux Egyptian motifs. A striker with a padded he...REL/00021.002
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Button hook made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Motor Transport Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne
Trench art ladies' button hook. The hook is shaped from a piece of strut wire and tapers from the handle down to a small rounded hook at one end. The handle is made up of dozens of pieces of compositi...RELAWM12705.001
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Decorated German 75 mm shellcase : Capture of Jerusalem 17 December 1917
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown fried Krupp ag
Used 1916 75 mm Krupp manufactured shellcase, hand-incised with three decorated frieze bands which encompass the shellcase. The upper end has been flared. A narrow central band carries a repeating pat...REL44097
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Decorated matchbox holder: Sergeant James Erskine Hale Robinson, 2 Division Signals Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Robinson, James Erskine Unknown
Matchbox holder made from a recovered German mess tin found by the owner in Delville Wood and described by the owner as 'battered'. The folded aluminium has been decorated on three sides in very neat ...REL/00843.003
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Decorative knife : Sergeant J E Buttsworth, 30 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A decorative knife with a handle made from a French Lebel cartridge case and two projectiles. Also on the handle is a Canadian uniform button. The blade of the knife has been made from a piece of bras...REL31864
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Engraved German shell case : Private W E McGann, 23 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Spandau Arsenal
Engraved used shell case from a German 77mm field gun. The case has been engraved with a depiction of a church and the words 'Les Fontane France 1914-18'. Stamps on the base of the shell read 'St GFSP...REL34261
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Engraved shell case : Captain A M Garbett, Headquarters, 1 Australian Light Horse Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German 77 mm shell casing that has been intricately engraved with pictures and Egyptian style hieroglyphs. The pictures and hieroglyphs are done in rings, one on top of the other and cover the entiret...REL42376
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France. c. 1918. A tea pot, sugar container and milk jug made from shell casings by Private A. ...
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France. c. 1918. A tea pot, sugar container and milk jug made from shell casings by Private A. Ward of 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, AIF. They were awarded a twenty franc prize at an Arts and Crafts Exhi...H04103
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Good luck charm : Lieutenant W C B Stavely, 59 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small hand made woollen doll. The doll is made of a piece of wool divided into six parts to form hair, a face, arms and legs. The arms and legs are tied at the ends with pieces of red cotton to form h...REL30977
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Handle made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Division Motor Transport Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne
Handle made up of dozens of pieces of composition ivory (celluloid), duraluminium (an aluminium alloy) from a downed Zeppelin, together with gold sheet. Each piece from the Zeppelin is bordered by bla...RELAWM12705.005
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Handmade cribbage board : Private J A Kneale, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Wooden cribbage board with twelve sections, each with ten scoring ten holes to hold pegs, arranged on the long sides. Each end is finished in a semi-circle. Engraved on upper the surface are some of t...REL42304
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Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Division Motor Transport Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne
Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin. The long pin is shaped from a piece of strut wire, and has a sharp point. The handle is made up of dozens of pieces of composition ivory (celluloid), duraluminium...RELAWM12705.009
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Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Division Motor Transport Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne
Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin. The long pin is shaped from a piece of strut wire, and has a sharp point. The handle is made up of dozens of pieces of composition ivory (celluloid), duraluminium...RELAWM12705.008
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Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Division Motor Transport Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne
Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin. The long pin is shaped from a piece of strut wire, and has a sharp point. The handle is made up of dozens of pieces of composition ivory (celluloid), duraluminium...RELAWM12705.006
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Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Division Motor Transport Company, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne
Hat pin made from pieces of Zeppelin. The long pin is shaped from a piece of strut wire, and has a sharp point. The handle is made up of dozens of pieces of composition ivory (celluloid), duraluminium...RELAWM12705.007
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Hymn titles travested
Art
Maker: King, W L King, W L
A series of sketches using soldier humour and depicting the life of a soldier in the trenches during the First World War. Wilfred Lewis King served with the 60th Battalion during the First World War....ART02664
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Identification bracelet : Driver E R McDonald, 39 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Identification bracelet made from brass. The bracelet has been fashioned from one piece of brass with an oval face and two arms extending from either side. The arms are joined together by a simple loc...REL39012
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Informal portrait of 9387 Private (Pte) Arthur Leslie Nixon, 3rd Motor Transport Company and 6821 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of 9387 Private (Pte) Arthur Leslie Nixon, 3rd Motor Transport Company and 6821 Pte Frank James Holland, 4th Motor Transport Section. Both men, shown holding souvenirs, are motor mec...P10453.004