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9 Battalion unofficial medalet : Colonel A G Butler, Australian Army Medical Corps, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Hardy Brothers Jewellers
Unofficial medalet made from metal, featuring an enamelled rectangular shaped colour patch of the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Surrounding the central colour patch is impressed into ...RELAWM00380.002
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Corrugated iron, riddled with shell and rifle fire : Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Piece of corrogated iron, heavily damaged by bullet and shrapnel fire. There are small areas of corrosion and rust.RELAWM00345.002
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Damaged sun helmet : Quartermaster Sergeant T H Darley, 9 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British Army issued sun helmet with shrapnel damage caused by the fuze (nosecap) from a Turkish shell. A plume of emu feathers are inserted behind the left side of khaki coloured pugaree. A leather ...RELAWM01026
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Damaged tunic : Lieutenant Colonel C Rosenthal, 3 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Privately made khaki cotton twill weave service dress tunic with notched collar, pleated breast pockets with triple pointed flaps, expanding hip pockets with rectangular flaps, shoulder straps, pointe...RELAWM01102
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Damaged water bottle : Quinn's Post, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Misshapen and damaged blue enamel water bottle. The bulk of the damage is focused on the centre of the water bottle, which has suffered from shell damage and is rusted and coated with dried mud. The r...RELAWM11319
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Disinfectant tin : Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: South Metropolitan Gas Company
Discoloured white enamelled tin with surface with rust marks, and the following text printed on the front and back in black text and in white text bordered with black: 'NCI / DISINFECTING / POWDER / ...RELAWM00370
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Donkey's hoof from Gallipoli : Trooper T V Roberts, Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small donkey's front hoof shod with a solid iron plate, typical of horse and donkey shoes used in the Middle East. The shoe is attached with two pairs of nails on either side of the toe. Three of the ...REL/00422
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German barbed wire : Johnston's Jolly, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bundle of lengths of Turkish barbed wire. The wire is made from lengths of square edged wire that has been twisted to create a cork screw look, with barbs twisted around the length of wire.RELAWM07808
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Grave cross made from a biscuit tin : Corporal D McVay, 23 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Linklater, Thomas Murray Unknown
Cross shaped metal plate, made from a biscuit tin. The inscription is recorded in raised detail and reads: 'In / Memory / of / No 1243 / Cpl D McVay / (Yank) / D Coy / 23 Batt / A.I.F. / Killed / in /...RELAWM00426.002
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Hand knitted balaclava : Sapper S C Handley, 2nd Field Company Engineers, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Hand-knitted khaki woollen helmet style balaclava. The neck and face band is knitted in rib stitch, and the crown of the head in garter stitch.REL29293
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Handmade envelope : Private R N Coates, 8 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Coates, Reginald Norman
Handmade paper envelope recycled from cardboard cartridge case packet, with 'MRS. R. N. COATES, VICTORIA ROAD, AUBURN VICTORIA. AUSTRALIA' hand written on the obverse in purple ink. The envelope is co...REL/00411
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Hard tack biscuit
Heraldry
Maker: Swallow & Ariell
Rectangular wholemeal biscuit with a pattern of 25 holes (5 x 5), impressed with 'SWALLOW & ARIALL / MELBOURNE'. On the reverse is written '1st Aust. Expeditionary Forces / 1914' in black ink.REL/06438
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Hard tack biscuit Letter: Driver Percy Gordon Hendy, 6th Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Standard issue Army hard tack biscuit with an official field service post card sewn on to one side. The postcard is addressed in pencil, 'Master James Hendy 9 Gordon Grove Malvern Victoria', and bears...REL/11264
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Headquarters flag : 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Quinn's Post
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular shaped flag green and white divided diagonally. The hoist has several cotton tapes for attaching to a pole.RELAWM00369
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Improvised dug out sign, 'The Wozzer' : Rhododendron Ridge, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sign roughly made of sheet metal, probably taken from a biscuit tin, attached by two nails to a piece of timber which appears to have been part of a box. The metal has an overall patina of (inert) rus...RELAWM00416
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Improvised grater : Rhododendron Ridge, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular piece of tin sheet, possibly cut from an army biscuit tin, with a roughly rolled bottom edge. In the centre of the sheet a roughly rectangular section has been crudely punched with holes t...RELAWM00305
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Improvised ladle : Anzac Cove, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Ladle or pan manufactured in the field from a damaged Mk VI water bottle of the type issued to British and empire troops. The blue enamelled bottle has been struck by a bullet which has punctured the ...RELAWM00306
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Improvised metal 'no admission' sign : The Nek, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rusted metal sign with several small shrapnel holes. One one side has the following text painted in white 'NO ADMITTANCE / UNLESS EMPLOYED / IN TUNNELS. / BY ORDER / O.C. / DIV. ENGRS.'. The other sid...RELAWM00420
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Improvised metal sign, 'LP.13' : Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Improvised metal sign made from tin. The text 'LP.13' has been stencilled onto the tin, although the paint has worn away, and only an imprint of the text is left. The sign has rounded edges and a hole...RELAWM00422
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Improvised sentry's warning wire : Pope's Hill, Gallipoli
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Length of barbed wire, to which is attached two jam tin lids and two jam tins by pieces of wire or barbed wire. A large round piece of tin with crimped edges is attached to the main length of barbed w...RELAWM00326