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Armband: Mobile - VAD - Grade 1 N M Finner
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Blue cotton drill armband with embroidered 'MOBILE VAD' badge. The armband is fitted with a chrome-plated buckle.REL26308.002
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Badge : Sister A L Jones, Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Circular silver badge for the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve. The badge features a large cross in the centre, with a coronet at the end of each arm. In the quarters formed by the cros...REL/04568
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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 improvised sign, 'Nach Corbie' [to Corbie] and 'HAMEL' : Cerisy, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British improvised sign constructed from three pieces of untreated wood nailed to a post with 'Nach Corbie' and a right facing arrow stencilled in black paint. 'Nach' has been added later and is dark...RELAWM00853
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British sign board, 'To Runner Post', Le Verguier
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised British sign board 'To Runner Post'. The sign consists of a wooden horizontal panel affixed to a rough, crooked wooden post. 'TO RUNNER POST' and an arrow pointing to the right are painted ...RELAWM00999
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Camouflage : Set of 17 metal camouflage paint sample plates
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Set of seventeen (17) rectangular metal camouflage paint sample plates or swatches, each 156 mm x 84 mm. Each plate has a hole punched into the top centre and an aluminium filing pin passes through th...REL/16500
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Commemorative Teapot
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Commemorative white china teapot with fine gold decoration. One side bears an image of General Hector Macdonald above two crossed flags, a Union Jack and a White Ensign, with the words 'FIGHTING MAC' ...REL/10677
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Cross belt plate: 40th Regiment of Foot, British Army, C 1850
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Brass casting of a 40th Regiment of Foot cross belt plate. Casting is 67mm wide, and 87mm high, and 1mm thick. The casting is poorly executed, with little defined detail in the exterior visible side...REL/00019
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Dunkirk doll : Dorothy Evelyn Dray, British Auxiliary Territorial Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Moulded composition baby doll with moveable arms and legs. The doll is thickly painted in flesh tones, with brown hair, blue eyes and a red mouth. She is dressed in hand made clothes; a red cotton pet...REL30465
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Gas rattle : British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular hardwood box structure fitted with a rotating hexagonally shaped handle. A single nail has been hammered through the handle. This handle is secured to the opposite end via a metal axle. A...REL/03912.001
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Grave cross: Unknown British soldier
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden cross made from two pieces of wood nailed together. The horizontal piece has been broken, removing part of the message written onto it. What is left of the message is fadded, but reads 'Unknown...RELAWM00515.001
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'Hypo' helmet respirator : British Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Single layered grey flannel hood which consists of two pieces of flannel machine sewn together. The front half has a rectangular shaped viewing aperture made from a now heavily cracked and broken pie...REL/03924
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Improvised British sign, 'TEA ROOM' : Strazeele, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign constructed from a wooden plank. The front is painted black with off white stencilled letters 'TEA ROOM'. There is a single large nail hole located centrally on the sign and one small ...RELAWM00777
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Improvised directional sign 'HOOGE' and 'BIRR X ROADS' : Belgium
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised British sign constructed of three planks of white washed wood with text stencilled in black paint. The sign bears the words 'HOOGE / BIRR X ROADS' and a large right facing arrow. The sign a...RELAWM00594
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Improvised sign 'BRIDGE MINED' : Villers-Bretonneux, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised British sign made of unfinished tin with words 'BRIDGE MINED' stencilled in white paint. There are three nail holes along the top edge of the sign.RELAWM00760
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Improvised sign, 'GAP D UNDER M.G. FIRE' : Hangard Wood, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted sign board, made from a section of wood cut from a single plank, and marked in white painted letters 'GAP [right facing arrow] D UNDER M.G. FIRE'. Four iron nails driven through the cent...RELAWM00758
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Improvised sign, 'PUT YOUR BOX RESPIRATOR IN THE ALERT POSITION' : Somme, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign constructed of natural tin with hand painted black letters 'PUT YOUR BOX RESPIRATOR IN THE ALERT POSITION' The sign has two holes in it showing where nails had previously secured it to...RELAWM00757
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Improvised sign 'THIS WAS VILLERS CARBONNEL' : Villers-Carbonnel, France
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised sign constructed of two wooden planks painted black and stencilled with white letters 'THIS WAS VILLERS CARBONNEL.' 'No 27' is hand painted in small white lettering in the bottom left hand ...RELAWM00839
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4.7inch shell fragment
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Fragment of a shell fired from a British 4.7 inch gun.REL/03263
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Instructional military handkerchief, 1880s
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cream cotton men's handkerchief with a red printed border. The rest of the handkerchief is over printed in black ink with a diagram and specifications of a Martini Henry rifle in the centre. Around th...REL/17006
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Lord Roberts' Bodyguard Detail badge : Private C Cooke, Queensland Mounted Infantry
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The badge is a cross shape, surmounted by the Queen Victoria crown. The body of the badge is square with a circle inside the square. The centre of the circle is voided, but a large letter 'R' has been...REL/11955
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Officer's Royal Engineer's pattern full dress sword belt, shoulder belt and pouch
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Royal Engineer officer's full dress sword belt, shoulder belt and pouch. The red Russia leather sword belt and slings are embroidered with three stripes of gold bullion thread. The belt fastens with a...REL/07613
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Other ranks service tunic : Private G Boldey, 5th New Zealand Contingent
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Khaki cotton service tunic with plain stand collar and pointed cuffs. Tunic has two breast pockets, each with a small general service button. The front is fastened with five brass buttons.REL/00368
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Shoulder cape : Sister L A Hooke, QAIMNS
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) lightweight grey cotton warp/wool weft cape. The cape is fastened at the collar with a small brass hook and eye. The body of the cape is ...REL/15717
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Shoulder patch : 28 ANZUK Brigade Group, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cotton formation badge of 28 ANZUK Brigade Group. The rectangular sleeve badge is printed on a roughly rectangular piece of white cotton drill, and is divided horizontally, the upper half in light blu...REL/11575
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Shoulder patch: Headquarters Far East Land Forces, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cotton formation shoulder patch of Headquarters, Far East Land Forces (FARELF). The rectangular badge is printed on a piece of white cotton drill, the bottom quarter in dark blue and a light blue box ...REL/11576
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Sign : British notice board, 'Chateau Wood Road'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British notice board sign for 'Chateau Wood Road' with grid reference from a trench map (most likely Sheet 28). A small plaque has been attached to the sign underneath the word 'Wood' which reads: 'No...RELAWM00599
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Sign : British notice board, "Idiot Corner"
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British notice board collected from the Ypres Battlefield area by SGT Brown VC DCM and PTE W Wise and PTE F KENT of the 20th Battalion. The sign is constructed of two panels of wood and is held toget...RELAWM00598
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Sign : British notice board, 'Ploegsteert'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden rectangular street sign painted white with 'Ploegsteert' written in black paint.RELAWM00666
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Sign: British notice board, 'To Westhoek'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British wooden sign on stake, painted with 'To Westhoek'.RELAWM00605
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Souvenir badge SS Mooltan : Flying Officer A R Nivison-Smith, Royal Air Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Chrome bar brooch with hollow diamond shape at each end of the bar. In the centre is the enamelled P&O shipping line house flag. The flag is divided into four triangular sections. The top is white, th...REL/15299
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Souvenir scarf with Allied national anthems : Private A S Smart, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cotton scarf printed with the music and words of the national anthems of Britain, France, Belgium and Russia in the corners. Each anthem is surrounded with that nation's flag and headed by an image of...REL30297
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Steel British Helmet, 47th Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British 'Brodie' steel helmet with sandbag Hessian covering for camouflage. Wearers could smear mud on top of the helmet and it would adhere to the hessian and dry. This was used to camouflage soldier...REL/00983
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Sweep oar used to win Kings Cup at the Henley Peace Regatta: Lieutenant F A House, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sweep oar. The blade has been painted with a Rising Sun badge within a laurel wreath in the centre. Above this is painted ‘Winners Kings Cup Royal Henley Peace Regatta 1919’ oOL00283.001n either side ...RELAWM16885
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Tank crewmans protective chain-mail face mask : British Tank Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British Tank Corps leather and chain-mail face mask. It is constructed from thin steel plate that has been moulded to a face shape, and has five horizontal vision slits cut for both eyes. The steel pl...REL/03910
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Union Jack : Flown at Tobruk
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Union Jack flown at Tobruk in April 1941 and autographed by 11 members of the A.I.F. . Measurements of the flag are 6' x 3' and in addition to the autographs it bears the inscription:- "the property o...RELAWM30925