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Air Raid Precaution warden's steel helmet : Chief Warden V R Exton, NES
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Maker: Unknown
White painted steel Wardens helmet with black painted 'W' at centre front and centre rear. Complete with rubber and vinyl interior liner with webbing chin strap and brass buckle.REL29506
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Air raid warden's helmet : R E L Phillips
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Black painted steel air raid warden's helmet with white painted 'W' at centre front and centre rear. Complete with rubber and vinyl interior liner with webbing chin strap and brass buckle. Painted in ...REL35503
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Australian Roller Flour bag used by War Dressing Unit, Gordon, NSW
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Maker: Unknown
Printed calico flour bag with the words 'FINEST AUSTRALIA ROLLER FLOUR' around a central circular colour print of a two funnelled steamer departing port. These types of calico bags were converted into...REL28645
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Boxed Latexture Products 'Marianne' Simplicity Fashiondol
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Maker: Latexture Products Inc
Boxed 'Fashiondol' set consisting of a twelve and a half inch (31 cm) moulded composition doll with painted face, red hair and brown shoes, marked in relief on her back 'PAT PEND'. The doll's arms are...REL38773
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Bushells wartime issue coffee jar
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Maker: Bushells Pty Ltd
Glass jar with ridges along each side and the trade name 'Bushells' on the bottom. The screw-top lid is impressed into the top with 'Bushells VACUUM PACKED Coffee'. Inside the paper lining of the lid ...REL33214
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Camouflage netting shuttle : Mrs K H Ford, Queensland Voluntary Net Camouflage Makers
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Maker: Unknown
Large flat hardwood shuttle (needle) for making camouflage netting. One end has been shaped to a point, just above which is a 11-12 cm long cutout with an integral central pin. The other end has been ...REL38759.001
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Camouflage netting shuttle : Mrs K H Ford, Queensland Voluntary Net Camouflage Makers
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Maker: Unknown
Wooden shuttle (needle) for producing camouflage netting. The shuttle is double ended with identical U-shaped openings at each end of approximately 4.5 cm in depth and which narrow at the top. Above o...REL38759.002
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Camouflage netting spacer : Mrs K H Ford, Queensland Voluntary Net Camouflage Makers
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Maker: Unknown
Wooden netting spacer shaped as a butcher's cleaver.REL38759.003
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Canvas carry bag for MIA2-I-I noncombatant gas mask : R E L Phillips
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Maker: Unknown
Khaki canvas carry bag for American MIA2-I-I noncombatant gas mask. This bag consists of a sheath of canvas, open at one end, with a closing flap which can be fastened by a metal press stud. Stamped a...REL35504.002
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Cardboard box for United States noncombatant gas mask MIA2-I-I : R E L Phillips
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Original cardboard box for United States noncombatant gas mask MIA2-I-I. The box is rectangular and made from cardboard. Tape has been used in one corner of the box to keep the box intact. Printed on ...REL35504.003
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Childrens doll's pram: Wendy Rudduck, Coorow, Western Australia
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Maker: Boucher, A.B. Rudduck, Clarice Lavinia
Doll's pram with mattress and pillow. The pram has a solid wooden body and incorporated hood made in ply veneer. Secured by brackets to the rear of the body is a metal frame to which is attached a woo...REL42425
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Civilian identity disc : Miss J M Terkelsen
Heraldry
Maker: Don, Leonard St Clair
The disc has a small hole drilled near an edge to thread a small chain or strap through. Stamped into the face of the disc is 'J.M. TERKELSEN / CARE / L. DON / GRACEVILLE'.REL41626.003
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Civilian identity disc : Mrs I Frazier
Heraldry
Maker: Don, Leonard St Clair
The disc has a small hole drilled near an edge to thread a small chain or strap through. Stamped into the face of the disc is 'I. FRAZIER / EVADNE ST / GRACEVILLE'.REL41626.001
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Civilian identity disc : Mrs T M Terkelsen
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Maker: Don, Leonard St Clair
The disc has a small hole drilled near an edge to thread a small chain or strap through. Stamped into the face of the disc is 'T.M. TERKELSEN / CARE / L. DON / GRACEVILLE'.REL41626.002
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Cream artificial silk wedding dress
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Maker: Unknown
Small size wedding dress made from cream artificial silk lining fabric. Full length dress has a short train, sweetheart neckline, ruched centre front bodice, and ruched lower back. Three quarter sleev...REL/18213.001
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Cricket bat : Wartime manufacture
Heraldry
Maker: Essex Bat Co
A willow and cane cricket bat with a leather wrapped handle. Stamped into the bat face is 'ESSEX BATCO' at the top on either side of the handle. Below this is 'JUNIOR' and 'SELECTED AUSTRALIAN WILL...REL24258
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Diecast toy Digger
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Maker: Die-Cast Products Pty Ltd
Diecast toy soldier in the form of an Australian Digger standing at attention with his arms by his sides, wearing his uniform, slouch hat, gaiters and boots on a small round base. Scale is equivalent ...REL33460
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Donation box : YMCA War Service Fund, Great Britain
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Maker: Young Men's Christian Association
Plywood donation box of nailed consruction in the shape of a YMCA hut. Identical transfers on each side of the 'roof' portray a sailor, soldier, airman and civil worker and the words 'The Service men ...REL34042
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First Aid splint : Mrs Edna Adam
Heraldry
Maker: St John Ambulance Association St John, J Allen
Plain length of light coloured wood with 'E.ADAM' inscribed in ink at one end on each side.REL33807
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Framed jigsaw puzzle, 'Big Guns Roar' : B J Roberts
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Framed 120 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'BIG GUNS ROAR - THE BATTLE OF THE SEAS'. Reproduction of a painted image in landscape format which depicts a British warship firing its guns at an enemy warshi...REL34054
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Framed jigsaw puzzle, 'Death to the Night Raider' : B J Roberts
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Framed 120 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'DEATH TO THE NIGHT RAIDER'. Reproduction of a painted image in portrait format depicting a British anti-aircraft team and searchlights engaging bombers. A twin...REL34055
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Framed patriotic jigsaw puzzle 'Armoured Patrol Goes into Action' : B J Roberts
Heraldry
Maker: John Sands Pty Ltd
Framed 120 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'ARMOURED PATROL GOES INTO ACTION'. Reproduction of a painted image in portrait format depicting a green British Universal Carrier in the foreground, armed with...REL34056
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Home made austerity apron : CWA Queensland
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Maker: Country Women's Association of Queensland
Apron with bib front, made from a chaff bag dyed yellow. Bib, strings, hem and pocket edge are made from red damask curtain fabric scraps. Both the neck band and ties of the apron have been folded ove...REL/15581
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Home made austerity doll : CWA Queensland
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Maker: Unknown
Home made black mammy doll, with long cotton print dress with white cotton collar and cuffs, cotton print cap (matching dress) with red grosgrain bow, white apron, miniature bead bracelets (left is go...REL/15582
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Home made austerity toy rabbit with booties: CWA Queensland
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Maker: Unknown
Blue velveteen stuffed rabbit toy made for a baby girl, with pink bead eyes, red embroidered mouth, and a pocket (82 x 50mm) on its proper left side containing a pair of knitted pink bootees (95 x 45 ...REL/15583.001
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Identification Badge : V J Briggs, CSIR Radiophysics Division
Heraldry
Maker: A E Patrick
Circular pressed tinplate badge with a celluloid face. The badge is maroon with white and features an identification photo of a girl beneath which is, 'V J BRIGGS'. At the top of the badge are the wor...REL40008
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Italian fascist ring : Enemy Aliens in Australia
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Maker: Unknown
Brass Italian patriotic ring bearing the head of Benito Mussolini, wearing a helmet, on the front face. The band is patterned with scroll work.REL/00585
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Jigsaw packing envelope : 'United for Victory' : John Sands Pty Ltd
Heraldry
Maker: John Sands Pty Ltd
Foolscap portrait format envelope used to store the jigsaw 'United for Victory (Roosevelt and Curtin)'. Both sides are printed in a dull red monotone. The front displays an illustration of a Digger st...REL38547.002
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Kitchen towel made from hessian sugar bag
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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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Lampshade made from MI9 Escape & Evasion map
Heraldry
Maker: Blundell, A K
Lampshade and stand. The lampshade is made from a brass frame which is divided into eight curved sections. A cross piece at the base connects the shade to the stand. The frame has been covered in a si...REL34276
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Lemonade bottle recovered from Japanese midget submarine, Sydney Harbour
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bottle made of pale green glass, with a series of raised Japanese characters around the base.REL/00635
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Medallion: Ballarat Home Defence Association
Heraldry
Maker: Stokes & Sons, Melbourne
Circular brass medallion or watch fob in blue and white enamel. A circular blue band has the words 'BALLARAT HOME DEFENCE ASSOCIATION'. The central white section has the letters 'HD'. Obverse is mark...REL25153
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Model-Yu dressmakers body moulding kit
Heraldry
Maker: Model-Yu Dressform Company
Boxed dressform making kit, consisting of a large roll of gummed brown paper tape, two stockingette body slips, a bottle of shellac solution and a brush. Accompanied by booklet of illustrated instruct...REL33316
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Nestle 'Winning Post' chocolate assortment - War time Emergency Pack : Mrs A Watkins, Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Nestlé
Rectangular card box with separate flanged lid stapled to rear. A label in red and green ink pasted to front and both sides of box reads 'NESTLE'S Winning Post / Chocolate Assortment 5 lb NET / No 543...REL34263
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Noncombatant gas mask MIA2-I-I : R E L Phillips
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
United States M1A2-1-1 Noncombatant Gas mask. The mask consists of a rubber face mask with two celluloid eyepieces, that is attached to the head using 5 adjustable elastic straps. The rubber bears the...REL35504.001
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N S Frauenschaft (National Socialist Women's League) official membership badge: Mrs H. G. W. Wanzek
Heraldry
Enamelled metal triangle lapel badge of the N. S. Fraunschaft (National Socialist Women's League). The design consists of an isosceles triangle on its point, with a thin outer border of gold enclosing...REL/00599
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Pack of cellulose film to protect windows: Adams family, Mascot NSW
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Maker: HM Cowdroy Pty Ltd
Pack containing approximately 15 sq feet of folded cellulose film in paper wrapper. Wrapper has instructions for use printed in red, entitled "Protect your glass windows against shattering in raids", ...REL32617
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Pair of camouflage net making wooden needles: Jane Harriet Bray, Women's Australian National Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of large flat hardwood netting needles for making camouflage nets. One end has been shaped to a blunt point, just above which is a 8-9 cm long cutout with an integral central pin. The other end h...REL33538
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Patriotic embroidery : Mrs E I Donovan
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Maker: Duchess Superior Needlework Schmidt, Emily
White linen embroidered with a 'Rising Sun' design of bayonets sewn with cream thread surrounding a King's Crown embroidered in yellow, red and blue. The words 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES...REL37407
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Patriotic jigsaw : 'President F D Roosevelt - Prime Minister John Curtin - United for Victory'
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Maker: John Sands Pty Ltd
Rectangular landscape format 170 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'United States of America President F D Roosevelt - United for Victory - Prime Minister John Curtin - Commonwealth of Australia' featurin...REL38547.001
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Patriotic jigsaw puzzle : 'Australia will be there'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular landscape format 120 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'Australia will be there' featuring an Australian soldier, airman and sailor at attention against a background of the flags of India, Sout...REL38545
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Patriotic jigsaw : 'The Air Force - Planning the Flight'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular landscape format 180 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'The Air Force - Planning the Flight', featuring five parked camouflaged Avro Ansons at an air force base behind a group of pilots and a s...REL38549
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Patriotic jigsaw : 'The Army - Australia's Call'
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Maker: Unknown
Rectangular landscape format 170 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'The Army - Australia's Call', featuring a group of Australian soldiers at a training camp, one of whom is at attention playing the bugle....REL38546
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Patriotic jigsaw : 'Their Majesties 1941'
Heraldry
Maker: John Sands Pty Ltd
Rectangular portrait format 170 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled 'Their Majesties 1941', featuring a central photographic portrait of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, surrounded by the flags of Austral...REL38548
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Printed cardboard and felt propaganda pin cushion showing Hitler and Tojo
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Double sided, colour printed cardboard propaganda pin cushion. One side shows Hitler, the other Tojo. Each figure is bent over and a black felt wedge had been inserted between their respective botto...REL28808
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Professional Leader's N S Frauenschaft (National Socialist Women's League) badge: Mrs P Starke
Heraldry
Enamelled metal triangle lapel badge of the National Socialist Women's League. The design consists of an isosceles triangle on its point, with a narrow outer border of blue enclosing a black centre wi...REL/00600
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Red Cross Honorary Collector POW Appeal badge : J M Terkelsen
Heraldry
Maker: Amor Pty Ltd
Red Cross Honorary Collector POW Appeal badge. The front of the badge features the outline of a red enamel Geneva Cross in raised detail at the top of the badge. Below the badge, in raised detail, is ...REL41627
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Ruler : Mrs K H Ford, Queensland Voluntary Net Camouflage Makers
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden 30 cm ruler with imperial and metric measurements. On the raised side is printed in black: 'SAVE EACH WEEK IN THE SCHOOL BANK'. On the flat side reads: 'WITH COMPLIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH SAV...REL38759.004
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Salts of Lemon war time pack
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Maker: Penguin Commonwealth & Dominion Agencies Pty Ltd
Penguin brand box of 'Salts of Lemon'. The cardboard box is printed on the front in maroon with the Penguin trademark followed by the words 'POISON/SALTS OF LEMON (POTASSIUM BIN-OXALATE) 1 OZ. NETT WE...REL33215
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Semco child's sewing card : Australian Mens Services
Heraldry
Maker: Semco Pty Ltd
Booklet , originally made from four square card sheets stapled together at the top, now with only two remaining. The front page is titled 'Semco Sewing cards. Specially prepared for use in Kindergarte...REL36847
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Semco child's sewing card : Australian Womens Services
Heraldry
Maker: Semco Pty Ltd
Booklet made from four square card sheets stapled together at the top. The front page is titled 'Semco Sewing Cards. Specially prepared for use in Kindergarten Schools in the following series. Austral...REL36846
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Set of three camouflage net-making wooden formers: Jane Harriet Bray, Women's Australian National Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Three wooden formers. One is 150 x 54 mm and is labelled in ink 'to be 4 1/2 inch round' ; the second is 125 mm x 50 mm and is labelled in pencil but indecipherable; and the third is 135 mm x 70 mm an...REL33539
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Soft peaked cap: Home Service Girls, Hobart
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Dark green plain weave wool soft crowned peaked cap with green hand embroidered round 'HSG' badge on a cream ground sewn to the centre front brim. The fold up brim, which is separate to the peak, is h...RELAWM20447.004
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Souvenir Australian Red Ensign : William Muldoon
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A small screen printed cotton Australian red ensign to which a small souvenir painted wooden boomerang has been pinned. The flag bears a central vertical fold line and is slightly discoloured from wat...REL33637
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'Strategy' board game, austerity version : Master Frank W Cocks, Kalgoorlie
Heraldry
Maker: G N Raymond Pty Ltd
Boxed board game, rectangular format, entitled 'Strategy - A Game of Skill', which is printed in red on the lid. The lid is decorated with a black and white photographic image of three officers repres...REL39861
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Sweetheart necklace token made from penny : Irene and Ken, 1943
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian George VI penny, still bearing the head on the reverse. The obverse has been effaced, obliterating the date and reducing the thickness of the penny by about half. A compass rose has been im...REL42188
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'Target for Tonight' boxed flying target game : Jim Rose, Marrickville
Heraldry
Maker: Metal-Wood Repetitions Company
Boxed child's game entitled 'Target for Tonight'. The rectangular cardboard box, printed in blue and red, incorporates the title and an illustration of a boy playing the game, adjacent to a depiction ...REL35466.001
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'Target for Tonight' playing board : Jim Rose, Marrickville
Heraldry
Maker: Metal-Wood Repetitions Company
Playing board designed to accompany the child's game entitled 'Target for Tonight'. The board is a square playing cork or compressed fibre board, wrapped in paper printed with nine illustrated targets...REL35466.002
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Toy lead aircraft : Master Frank W Cocks, Kalgoorlie
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Solid cast lead aircraft with fixed undercarriage, roundels and machine guns cast into the upper wings, painted in green and black disruptive camouflage. Most of the paint has been rubbed off through ...REL39862
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Unworked patriotic embroidery : Miss M E Henery
Heraldry
Maker: Duchess Superior Needlework
Section of unworked cream coloured linen printed in ink with three embroidery designs for a dressing table. The edge of each design has drawn threadwork hem. The main pattern is of a 'Rising Sun' desi...REL31722
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Voluntary Aid Detachment overcoat : E A Rodman
Heraldry
Maker: Sullivan's
Dark blue wool flannel double breasted overcoat with stand and fall collar, self fabric shoulder straps with white metal '6 VAD' titles, vertically aligned inset pockets with rectangular flaps over ea...REL42338
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Wartime pack of compact rouge
Heraldry
Maker: Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Wartime issue compact rouge in a small round cardboard box. The brand name 'Lournay' is printed on the top of the box under a red triangle. Printed in red around the edge of the box are the words 'WAR...REL32591
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Wartime pack of Compact Rouge : Mrs Amelia Spink
Heraldry
Maker: Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Wartime issue pack of compact rouge. Small round box with the brand name 'Lournay' printed on the top under a red triangle. The words 'WARTIME PACK' are printed on the edge of the box. The bottom of t...REL30047
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War time pack of face powder
Heraldry
Maker: Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd
Square cardboard box containing face powder. The outside of the box is a light brown colour with a red triangle logo printed on the top of the lid. In the bottom left corner of the lid is the trade na...REL33248
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Wartime production embroidery pattern apron : Mrs B Sayers, South Perth
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Calico based transfer embroidery pattern apron featuring a design of a woman on a beach, wearing 1940s period clothing, with a palm to either side of her. The pattern edges are defined by broken lines...REL35989
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Wartime production embroidery pattern Duchess set : Mrs B Sayers, South Perth
Heraldry
Maker: Myart Company Pty Ltd
Calico based Duchess set pattern featuring a pair of doylies and a centre cloth for a dressing table, each displaying transfer Design No 234 - 'Pandora' garden wall. Printed along the base of the clot...REL35986
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Wartime production embroidery pattern, 'Pandora' design tray cloth : Mrs B Sayers, South Perth
Heraldry
Maker: Myart Company Pty Ltd
Calico based transfer tray cloth pattern, displaying Design No 234 - 'Pandora' garden wall. Printed along the base of the cloth are the following: 'Wartime Production' ; '14 x 20 No S234'. The pattern...REL35987
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Wartime production embroidery pattern tablecloth : Mrs B Sayers, South Perth
Heraldry
Maker: Myart Company Pty Ltd
Calico based transfer pattern tablecloth featuring a flower design in each corner, with pre-formed drawn threadwork edges. One small area of the pattern has been embroidered; the remainder is unworked...REL35988
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Winterhilfswerk (winter help work) Lower Danube badge and mailman figure: Mrs Mathilde Heinle (enemy alien)
Heraldry
Embroidered German Winterhilfswerk (Winter Help Work) Lower Danube badge in painted metal frame. The obverse design is of a German woman in traditional dress holding keys. Embossed along the bottom ed...REL/00597