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  1. A few of many models collected by the Australian War Records Section. They were made by men in ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A few of many models collected by the Australian War Records Section. They were made by men in the field during their spare time, those represented here being: a donkey engine made from pieces of shel...

    D00074

  2.

    Aircraft brooch : Leading Aircraftman R Rooke, 7 Squadron RAAF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Rooke, Raymond

    Small brass brooch in the shape of fighter plane. The cockpit, fuselage and tail fin have been made from one piece of metal. The wings and horizontal stabilizers have been made from other pieces of me...

    REL/02982.005

  3.

    Aluminium wrist bracelet : Private T J Mathews, Royal Australian Artillery

    Heraldry

    Maker: Mathews, Thomas John

    Bracelet with leather straps attached to aluminium that has been shaped with stepped crenellations on the top and bottom. In the centre is a diamond shape piece of tin that has been soldered on and a ...

    REL37811

  4.

    American officer's cap made from an 18 pounder shellcase : Air Mechanic Albert Edward Hoye, A Flight, 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

    Heraldry

    Maker: Hoye, Albert Edward Unknown

    Brass 18 pounder shellcase base which has been worked to produce an officer's cap with integral brim with a rolled rim. A Unitied States copper uniform button has been soldered to the peak, with a chi...

    REL45259

  5.

    Brass stand for souvenir shell case

    Heraldry

    Soldered brass suspension stand designed to hang a shell-case (REL/00021.001) for use as a dinner gong. The base and tapering pillars are engraved with faux Egyptian motifs. A striker with a padded he...

    REL/00021.002

  6.

    Bullet casing cigarette lighter : Private H Turner, New South Wales Army Medical Corps

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Cigarette lighter made from a .303 cartridge. A flint wheel has been soldered to the side of the casing, which is engaged by a threaded screw at the bottom of the wheel's housing, and the projectile c...

    REL39564

  7.

    Button hook made from pieces of Zeppelin : Driver A M Lowe, 5 Motor Transport Company, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Lowe, Arthur Milbourne

    Trench art ladies' button hook. The hook is shaped from a piece of strut wire and tapers from the handle down to a small rounded hook at one end. The handle is made up of dozens of pieces of compositi...

    RELAWM12705.001

  8.

    Carved box : A G McDermid

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Rectangular wooden handmade box with separate lid. On top of the lid is attached the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Japan) formation patch. Below this is stamped JAPAN . The inside of the box...

    REL39856

  9.

    Child's ring : N R Keen

    Heraldry

    Maker: Keen, Jack Robert

    Child's signet ring handmade from aluminium with a diamond shaped detail in its centre.

    REL34810

  10.

    Child's ring : P F Keen

    Heraldry

    Maker: Keen, Jack Robert

    Child's ring handmade from aluminium with a red Tek toothbrush fitting set as the 'stone'.

    REL34811

  11.

    Child's ring : R M Keen

    Heraldry

    Maker: Keen, Jack Robert

    Tiny handmade aluminium child's signet ring with a diamond shaped detail in its centre.

    REL34812

  12.

    Decorated German 75 mm shellcase : Capture of Jerusalem 17 December 1917

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown fried Krupp ag

    Used 1916 75 mm Krupp manufactured shellcase, hand-incised with three decorated frieze bands which encompass the shellcase. The upper end has been flared. A narrow central band carries a repeating pat...

    REL44097

  13.

    Decorated matchbox holder: Sergeant James Erskine Hale Robinson, 2 Division Signals Company, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Robinson, James Erskine Unknown

    Matchbox holder made from a recovered German mess tin found by the owner in Delville Wood and described by the owner as 'battered'. The folded aluminium has been decorated on three sides in very neat ...

    REL/00843.003

  14.

    Decorated walking stick : Driver A P Flynn, Royal Army Service Corps

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Decorated walking stick which features emblems of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS 'Handschar'. The walking stick has been fashioned from a single piece of wood and tapers from top to botto...

    REL43299

  15.

    Decorative inkwell in the shape of a Slouch Hat : City Imperial Volunteers

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Decorative slouch hat constructed from beaten brass and tin. The tin brim has its left side turned up and is trimmed in khaki cotton drill glued to the upper face of the metal, while the base has been...

    REL33762

  16.

    Decorative knife : Sergeant J E Buttsworth, 30 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    A decorative knife with a handle made from a French Lebel cartridge case and two projectiles. Also on the handle is a Canadian uniform button. The blade of the knife has been made from a piece of bras...

    REL31864

  17.

    Dobson, Sydney (Sapper, b.1885 - d.1941)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dobson, Sydney

    Collection relating to the First World War service of 6692 Sapper Sydney Dobson, 1 Light Railway Operating Company, France, 1917. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of one handwritten letter, dated 1 June 1917...

    AWM2021.706.3

  18.

    Engraved German shell case : Private W E McGann, 23 Battalion, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Spandau Arsenal

    Engraved used shell case from a German 77mm field gun. The case has been engraved with a depiction of a church and the words 'Les Fontane France 1914-18'. Stamps on the base of the shell read 'St GFSP...

    REL34261

  19.

    Engraved shell case : Captain A M Garbett, Headquarters, 1 Australian Light Horse Brigade, AIF

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    German 77 mm shell casing that has been intricately engraved with pictures and Egyptian style hieroglyphs. The pictures and hieroglyphs are done in rings, one on top of the other and cover the entiret...

    REL42376

  20.

    Engraved tin : Lance Corporal H Beitsch, 2/3 Reserve Motor Transport Company

    Heraldry

    Maker: Beitsch, Hector

    Tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a memorial stone and cross with the letters 'AIF'. In the left corner is engraved '1941 BURMA' and in the right is '1945 JAVA'. Both place names are under...

    REL30303

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