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Aerial bomb fragments : Major General J Monash, 3 Australian Division AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Four aerial bomb fragments contained in a white cardboard lidless box which has a damaged label on the side with the following handwritten information: ' Fragments of Air Bomb - which fell and explode...RELAWM15122
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Aircraft Alternator warning plate : Germany
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Instruction plate from a German aircraft shot down during the 1914-1918 war The plate is 85 x 35 x 1 mm thick, and bears the inscription: "WECHSELSTROM- MASCHINE NUR MITLAUFEN LASSEN BEI STROM- ENTNAH...REL/01336
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Aircraft bomb sight and night light.
Technology
Maker: Unknown
GERMAN BOMBSIGHT, ADJUSTABLE, GRADUATED TO ALLOW FOR WIND AT ALL SPEEDS TO 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, AND FOR USE AT ANY HEIGHT UP TO 6000 METRES. FITTED WITH SMALL ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR NIGHT WORK.RELAWM03828
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Aircraft Bomb Sight (Germany)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
German aircraft bomb sight removed from the first German two seater to be shot down in British lines, Palestine 1917. The instrument comprises two triangles with their peaks truncated, the smaller bei...RELAWM12494
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Aircraft Compass (France)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Magnetic card compass which has probably been removed from an aeroplane. The bowl is attached by springs to a brass gimbal. The bowl is also made of brass and has been painted light grey, with the nam...REL/05023
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AIRCRAFT FABRIC: GERMANY
Technology
Maker: Unknown
SMALL RECTANGLE OF LINEN FABRIC, 8 BY 5.5 CM, BEARING ON ONE SIDE THE REMAINS OF BLACK LACQUER, AND ON THE OTHER THE WORDS 'WINGS OF HUN AEROPLANE N. FRANCE 23/6/1917 MAC'. The piece was originally d...REL/09335
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Aircraft fuel gauge - Germany
Technology
Maker: Huttenlocher - Standmesser
German aircraft fuel gauge. Manufacturer Huttenlocher Standmesser, Berlin, S.W.68. D.R.P.u. AUSL. PAT NO. 3. Serial No. 1566 is stamped into case. The dial continues around the white face. The outer c...REL/07457
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Aircraft inclinometer
Technology
Aircraft instrument used to give the fore and aft levels of the machine. The instrument is circular in shape, the outer support ring being 105 mm in diameter. The instrument case rises approx. 15 mm ...RELAWM08131.002
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Aircraft rigging turnbuckle
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Cylindrical turnbuckle 70 mm long, made from steel. Internal threads on both hollow ends. A raised central element is ribbed, such that the user may grip and turn the item.REL49175
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Aircraft Tachometer : German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte)
Technology
Maker: Morell, Wilhelm
Dial face from a German aircraft tachometer marked "4" TO "16". The face is white with black numerals. 97 mm dia. On the reverse is written "Fokker No.863. Brought down by a British aviator at Flers,...REL/04359
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Aircraft Temperature gauge - British
Technology
Maker: S.Smith and Sons Ltd
Temperature gauge in a brass case. A thermostat is attached to the guage via a 3mm diameter copper tube. The tube is coiled for storage. The face of the instrument is marked : S. Smith & Sons...REL/07260
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Aircraft wing fragments : Sergeant W E Brown, 20 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Fokker
Wing fragments said to have been souvenired from the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane aircraft in which Baron Manfred Von Richthofen was shot down on 21 April 1918. The fragments are made from 2mm timber plank sa...RELAWM09123
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Airfield landing light, Electric, from Morville aerodrome
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Large electric lamp reflector, set upright into a circular shaped metal container, 300 mm in diameter, and 250 mm high. The remains of an electrical conduit leads out from the lower side of the box....RELAWM00984
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Albatros D.Va scout aircraft
Technology
Albatros D.Va single engine biplane scout/fighter aircraft, serial no. D5390/17. The fuselage is primarily constructed from moulded plywood panels, supported by a light framework of ribs and stringers...RELAWM04806
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Albatros D.Va Scout Aircraft : Throttle
Technology
Maker: Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH
German aircraft throttle removed from crashed Albatros Scout at Rayak 1918. The throttle is made completely of metal, the various parts having been fabricated separately and joined together by means ...RELAWM12500
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ALTIMETER - GERMAN - WWI
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Altimeter from German aircraft. No brand name but logo showing a bird with a lightning bolt underneath. The face has printed on it: Höche in Km D.R.P.a N.S. Nr 26878 The scale from 0 to 8 is gradua...REL/07459
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Altimeter : Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Service)
Technology
Maker: C.P. Goerz, Berlin
German Air Service altimeter. The device is housed within a sorfwood box. A small rectangular window in the side of the box allows the user to view a rotating spool, on which measurements are recorded...RELAWM08124.001
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Ambulance Wagon Mk VI
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Horse drawn ambulance wagon Mk VI (British). Wooden bodywork. Wheels are second class C type with solid rubber tyres. Weight: 23 cwt, 2 quarters. A red cross insignia is painted on sides. Carried fou...REL/09575
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American Model 1917 Knuckleduster Dagger and Scabbard
Technology
American Model 1917 Knuckleduster Dagger and Scabbard. The hilt has a pressed steel knuckle guard with six studs in the shape of a pyramid and a wooden grip that has four finger grooves. The crossguar...RELAWM03754
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Ammunition Box : .303 inch calibre
Technology
Ammunition box of screwed and nailed timber construction. It is designed to hold 1,600 .303 inch cartridges in cardboard cartons of twenty rounds each. The corners of the box are reinforced with steel...REL/19088
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Ansco Model A pocket camera: Petty Officer Herbert Leonard Bowden, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
Technology
Maker: Ansco
Folding vest pocket camera (model A - The Bionic) manufactured by the Ansco Company New York of Binghamton N.Y. The camera is fitted with a variable focus Modico Anastigmat lens with an aperture range...REL/05735
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Anti aircraft gun sight from machine gun used to engage Richthofen : Gunner R Buie, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Buie, Robert
Lewis gun backsight made and used by gunner Robert Buie of the 53rd battery, 5th Australian Divisional Artillery, when he fired at the famous German air ace, Captain Baron Von Richthofen.RELAWM12690B
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Anti aircraft gun sight from machine gun used to engage Richthofen : Gunner R Buie, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Buie, Robert
Anti-aircraft foresight for a Lewis machine gun, made and used by gunner Robert Buie of the 53rd battery, 5th Australian Division Artillery in France. Scratched onto the sight is the inscription: '5...RELAWM12690A
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Anti-tank Mine : Flachmine 17", Germany
Technology
Maker: Unknown
German anti-tank mine (Flachmine 17"), wooden box with tin cover.RELAWM04162
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Ao05 non-panoramic optical sight for a s.F.H. 02 howitzer
Technology
Maker: Carl Zeiss, Jena
600mm long arched steel sight adjustment arm, 25mm thick x 30mm wide, along the side of which are milled slots which are designed to engage a rack and pinion adjustment cog. Incised into the rear (con...REL49915
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Arabian Scimitar Sword
Technology
Arabian scimitar sword. The hilt has a straight crossguard with round flat ends and double langets. A band of reinforcing wire is soldered over the lower part of the grip and top langets to form a fer...REL/10204
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Arabian Shamshir Sword
Technology
Arabian shamshir sword. The hilt has a straight brass crossguard with round button ends and double pointed langets. The grips are bone rivetted to the tang with a brass wire bound collar and the pomme...REL/08082
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Arabian Shamshir Sword and Scabbard
Technology
Arabian shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt has a straight steel crossguard with round button ends and double langets. The grips are steel rivetted to the tang and the pommel is a curved bulbous des...REL/16486
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Arabic Flintlock Blunderbuss
Technology
Arabic Flintlock Blunderbuss. Arabic script on the lock plate with a swan neck cock and the frizen spring is missing. Full stock with a butt that has a carved wrist. Brass side plate. Steel bell mouth...REL/01104
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Arab Kinjal knife and scabbard : Sergeant H W Logue, 9 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Kinjal type knife made from metal and wood. The knife is of crude construction and features a curved metal blade which fits into a tin scabbard. The blade is rusted. The wooden handle is attached to t...REL34683
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Artillery Clinometer (Austria)
Technology
Austro-hungarian clinometer used to measure the angle of elevation to be given to a gun in order to obtain the correct range to hit a certain target. The clinometer is marked with the imperial crest, ...RELAWM01924
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Artillery Clinometer (Germany)
Technology
Maker: Simson & Co, Suhl
German gunmetal clinometer used to measure the angle of elevation to be given to a gun in order to obtain the correct range to hit a certain target. Inscribed with the Number '570'. Bubble level is b...RELAWM01921
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Artillery Elevation Charge Calculator (Austria)
Technology
Austrian artillery instrument with bubble level and rotating brass bezel which serves as both a clinometer and charge calculator for a 7.5cm M15 gun. No 3733.RELAWM11606
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Artillery map board (Batterieplankarte)
Technology
Maker: German Army
German artillery map board for portion of the Eastern Front.RELAWM10844
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Australian occupation currency : German New Guinea, 1914
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Un-issued paper treasury note for five marks. The word 'Cancelled' has been written over the top in pencil.RELC01838
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Australian occupation currency : German New Guinea, 1914
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Un-issued paper treasury note for ten marks. The word 'Cancelled' has been written over the top in pencil.RELC01839
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Australian Raiding Club
Technology
Australian Raiding Club. Wooden 35 mm shaft with a Mark V hand grenade body, stamped GF, attached to the top with a single nail. On the base or pommel of the shaft there is a steel 24 mm wide ring col...RELAWM03768
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Australian War Records Section label for Turkish fuze, Gallipoli : Private A T D Barr, 13th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
An Australian War Records Section label with a printed address on one side (On His Majesty's Service / To Collecting Depot / Australian War Museums / c/o Headquarters / Australian Corps) and with det...RELAWM07848.002
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Australian War Records Section label, Trench Periscope : Shell Green, Gallipoli
Technology
Maker: Unknown
An original fabric Australian War Records Section collection label. It is tied to the periscope by a piece of string. The front of the label printed text, with blank spaces filled in by hand in graphi...RELAWM07800.002
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Autotype Prepared Paper for Oil Printing, Toned : Staff Sergeant A D Whitling, 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, AIF
Technology
Maker: James A Sinclair & Co Ltd
Buff rectangular paper envelope, bearing pasted label entitled 'Autotype Prepared Paper for Oil Printing - NO 2 - Toned. Quantity 10 doz, Size 5 x 4'. The maker's details are printed under this. Only ...REL41977
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Avro 504K two-seat biplane elementary trainer : A3-4
Technology
Maker: A V Roe & Co Ltd
The Avro 504K is a two-place training biplane powered by a 130 hp Clerget 9B rotary engine. This aircraft was constructed by A V Roe and Company at Park Works, Manchester in the UK. In 1918 it was bu...RELAWM11080
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Avro 504 seat belt
Technology
Maker: AV Roe & Co Ltd
An Avro seatbelt with a wide central elasticised band (19.8cm wide by 23.5 cm long) sewn to two reinforced leather tapered ends. A system of hinged metal plates then attaches to a screw turnbuckle at ...REL30050
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Barbed wire reel : Courtney's Post, Gallipoli
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Improvised barbed wire reel made of two halves of a log of wood which has been cut along the length and loosely rejoined using a piece of British barbed wire wrapped around it twice. The centre of the...RELAWM00336
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Basket from a British observation balloon
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Damaged wicker and wood observation balloon basket.RELAWM04807.001
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Battle damaged SMLE No 1 Mk III* rifle magazine
Technology
Short Magazine Lee Enfield Number 1 Mark 3 rifle magazine relic. The relic is a metal, ten round capacity rifle magazine which has suffered extensive battle damage. The follower and spring have been b...RELAWM00693
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Bayard Model 1908 Pistol
Technology
Bayard Model 1908 semi automatic pistol. Frame marked with the makers name and address with the BAYARD horseman logo. Black plastic grips marked BAYARD.REL/02231
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Bayonet scabbard : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pattern 1907 leather bayonet scabbard, missing locket and chape. A corroded metal fragment is present either from the locket or chape.REL44975.028
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Bayonet scabbard : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Technology
Maker: Hepburn Gale and Ross Limited
Pattern 1907 leather bayonet scabbard with corroded fragments of the locket adhered to the top. The bottom of the scabbard is broken, and the chape is missing. The leather is impressed with the maker'...REL44975.002
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Bayonet scabbard : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Pattern 1907 leather bayonet scabbard, missing locket and chape. A corroded metal fragment is present possibly the remains of the chape.REL44975.001
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Belgian 10 centimes coin: Corporal A C Hall, 54 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: German government
Belgian 10 centimes coin, dated 1916. The coin has both Flemish and French inscriptions, and has been circulated.RELC02134