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Anzac Day marching banner : 5 Machine Gun Battalion Association
Heraldry
Maker: Abel Screen Printers
5 Machine Gun Battalion Association banner. The banner is made from two layers of black cotton fabric, edged on all sides with a 50 mm yellow furniture fringe. There are black and yellow screen printe...RELAWM17353.001
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Australian Army slouch hat : 15th Infantry Brigade, Fromelles, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army fur-felt slouch hat in a flattened condition, with some tearing. There is dried battlefield mud attached to all external surfaces.RELAWM07664
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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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Australian slouch hat from Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian khaki fur felt slouch hat with four small regular ventilation holes in the crown. There are several further holes in the crown as well as two holes in the brim which appear to have been cau...RELAWM00541
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Boot : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brown leather army issue left ankle boot with seven pairs of metal eyelet holes for laces. Heel pieces have separated from the body of the boot. Some of the heel pieces have separated from the boot an...REL44975.011
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Boot : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Pyrotan Leather Ltd
Brown leather army issue ankle (right) boot with eight pairs of eyelet holes for laces, complete with leather lace. Heel pieces and other leather fragments have separated from the body of the boot. On...REL44975.066
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British army Brodie-style helmet with ribbed dome found at Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
An early British privately made Brodie style mild-steel helmet with a ribbed dome, and two vent holes on either side. The liner is still present and is coming away on one side. Its cotton drawstring i...REL/00979
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British Brodie pattern steel helmet from Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Early British 'War Office Pattern special 1mm steel' helmet. On the front of the dome is a faded painted regimental badge, possibly for the 10th Inniskilling Fusiliers. There are two shrapnel or bulle...REL/00980
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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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British War Medal 1914-20 : Corporal H M H Kendall, 31 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL46650.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL23647.002
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British War Medal 1914-20: Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 60th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.RELAWM09870.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private J T Doyle, 30 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37490.002
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Private R H Pflaum, 32 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL22642.002
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Buckle : Private A S Clingan, 53 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass belt buckle from an other rank's tunic.REL44975.054
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Buttons : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six brass British Army General Service pattern buttons with split ring attachments.REL44975.051
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Collar badge : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oxidised 'Rising Sun' collar badge, complete with attachment lugs and a single brass split pin.REL44975.095
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Collar badge : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oxidised 'Rising Sun' collar badge, without attachment lugs. There are mineralised fabric accretions on each side of the badge.REL44975.099
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Crucifix : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cast metal alloy crucifix with round fixed suspension fitting at the top. The figure of Christ suspended on the cross is heavily corroded. See also REL44975.089 (gold cross), REL44975.091 and .092 (S...REL44975.090
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Duckboard from Fromelles trenches
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden duckboard constructed with iron nails. The boards are nailed across three long sections of wood which may once have been painted in green and brown. There is additional bracing beneath the cros...RELAWM00491
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Enamelled badge 'FOR KING AND COUNTRY THE DARDANELLES' : Private F Meginess, 59th Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular enamelled silver badge featuring a map of the Dardanelles and the words 'FOR KING AND COUNTRY' and 'THE DARDANELLES'. The reverse has a brooch pin and is impressed with 'ST. SILVER' and 'RD. ...REL39458
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Female Relatives Badge : Mrs Alice Jentsch
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Silver Female Relative's Badge with blue enamelled oval around the voided letters 'AIF'. The oval contains the words 'ISSUED BY DEPT OF DEFENCE TO WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA'. An enamelled scroll beneath this...REL23651
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Fitting from pocket knife : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small horn and metal section, with brass loop fitting, from the end of a privately purchased pocket knife.REL44975.068
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Fittings from a set of Pattern 1908 web equipment : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
29 brass fittings, including slides, attachment fittings, belt and strap ends, and press studs, from a set of Pattern 1908 web infantry equipment.REL44975.071
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Fragments of identity disc : Private A S Clingan, 53 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two fragments of an identity disc. Engraved with italic script on larger fragment is 'A I [F - indistinct] Med' [Methodist].REL47107
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General service whistle on lanyard : Sergeant J R C Kelly, Elope Force, North Russia
Heraldry
Maker: Ross Robbins & Co
Standard tube bodied nickle-plated police style whistle with pair of opposed windows, lead fipple and integral suspension loop. Impressed into one side of the loop are the maker's details and, on the ...REL/13120
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German army pickelhaube : Lance Sergeant W E Nicholson, 55 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Globus Max Bruckner
German army Prussian soldier's standard black patent leather pickelhaube. All the fittings present are of brass, except the spike which is made from tin plate in the shape of a cone and attached to th...REL/17217
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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 corkscrew picket support used for wire entanglements
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Corkscrew picket made from a steel bar which has its bottom end bent into a spiral coil. It has four loops or 'eyes' .RELAWM17119
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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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Gold cross : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nine carat gold cross with suspension ring at the top. The obverse has an incised edge. The reverse is plain and is stamped with the maker's initials, 'J.H.' at the top, and '9 CT' at the bottom. See ...REL44975.089
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Hand knitted woollen pullover: Private J P V Marrinon, 31 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand knitted pullover with a fall collar in shades of green, khaki, brown and ochre 12 ply wools blended to form a striped effect on the body only. The sleeves are brown with ochre cuffs and the colla...REL/02708
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Imperial War Graves Commission grave plaques : Major G G McCrae, 60 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, France Area
Metal plaques which were fixed to the cross over the grave at Rue Du Bois military cemetery of Major Geoff. G. Mccrae, 60 Battalion AIF. Four aluminium plates, one incorrectly marked 'Major G. G. M...REL/01623
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Improvised sign, 'VC CORNER' : Fromelles, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden sign constructed from two wooden planks and braces fastened together with iron nails. There are faint pencil outlines and the number '3' in the top right hand corner. 'VC CORNER' has been writt...RELAWM00496
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Improvised trench sign 'TRENCH N 92, BAY 12' : Fromelles, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Split wooden trench sign with a later wooden brace nailed to the back for additional support. Stencilled black paint on the front is: 'TRENCH N 92, BAY 12'.RELAWM00543
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Indelible Pencil : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Staedtler, Germany
Section of German-manufactured purple indelible pencil held in a purple painted wooden casing. Both long joins in the wooden casing have separated slightly. One side is stamped in silver 'MARS STAEDTL...REL44975.050
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Iodine ampoule : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand blown glass ampoule containing iodine. For use with a first field dressing.REL44975.017
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Iodine ampoule : Private H Mayer, 55 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand blown glass ampoule containing iodine, with soil accretions on the glass. Originally part of a first field dressing.REL44975.031
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Ladies ring : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nine carat gold ladies' ring, with oval-cut blue opal in a claw setting on the front face.REL44975.145
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Locket/brooch : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular gold brooch with a decorative rim that is edged with semi-precious stones around the lower half and narrows to a plain gold band at the top (top section missing). The centre of the brooch app...REL44975.094
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Memorial locket : Mrs Harriet Lukey
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Oval shaped gold locket with link and clasp on top. The front bears black enamelled letters 'CWML', in the form of interlocking cypher, attached to the inside of the locket with four backing pins and...REL39974
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Military Cross : Captain W C Scurry, 15 Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Mint
Military Cross (Geo V). Unofficially impressed reverse with recipient's name.REL27790.001
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Military Medal : Sergeant F A Butterworth, 30 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL31043
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Monkey lucky charm: Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Finely carved ivory monkey, 20mm high, probably of Japanese origin. The monkey is seated, with its left hand on its head. The animal's features suggest that it is a representation of a Japanese macaqu...REL44975.077
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Mothers and Widows badge : Mrs B M Kendall
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Mothers and Widows badge with impressed serial number on reverse upper bar '26323'. Badge takes the form of a black machine embroidered ribbon, showing, in yellow, white and red, sprigs of wattle, a '...REL46648
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'Nach Fromelles' sign board : Imperial German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sign constructed from three wooden planks with back bracing and metal nails. 'Nach Fromelles' [to Fromelles] and an arrow are stencilled in black paint on the front. The nails are hammered half way in...RELAWM07383
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Next of kin plaque : Captain C Arblaster, 53 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque showing on the obverse Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. Be...REL/06480
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Next of kin plaque : Corporal H M H Kendall, 20 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque. The plaque shows Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The name of the dead soldier, 'HASSELL MARSDEN HARDING KENDALL', is inscribed...REL46651
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Next of kin plaque : Lance Sergeant E A Jentsch, 53rd Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque showing on the obverse Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. Be...REL23649
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Next of kin plaque : Private Edgar Waters, 53rd Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL/04566