Place | Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea |
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Accession Number | REL30420 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Trench Art |
Physical description | Nickel-plated brass |
Maker |
Phippen, Charles Allan Broughton |
Place made | Netherlands East Indies: Dutch New Guinea |
Date made | c 1944-1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Trench art aircraft ashtray : Corporal C A B Phippen, RAAF
Description
Nickel-plated brass trench art model of a P38 Lockheed Lightning aircraft made from shell casing and bullets mounted on an ashtray base, made from a cutdown 105mm shell case. Engraved on the side of the ashtray base is a palm tree on an island together with the words 'Noemfoor Isl/R.A.A.F/1944-5'.
History / Summary
This ashtray was made by 63618 Corporal Charles Allen Broughton Phippen, RAAF, while he was serving on Noemfoor Island, in Dutch New Guinea, in 1944-1945. The nickel plating was carried out post-war.