Case 56 - Homefront, First World War

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Case 56 - Homefront, First World War

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Case 56

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Union Jack flag , three frayed edges , fading on both sides with less fading where a small flag that is displayed on top of it sits , one side more faded than the other . White dots along one height edge , losses from the other height edge the…

Round dish with a printed image of a soldier looking into a plum and apple jam jar - sepia tones - Bairnsfathers Ware - Souvenir of the Great War on the Back - "When the 'ell is it goin' to be strawberry?" - makers marks on the reverse

Round dish - a printed cartoon image of people hiding in a bunker with an explosion going off above them signed by the artist - sepia tones with black lines around the rim - no makers marks on reverse

Vase in the shape of a head - brown hair bushy mustache and pipe - trench helmet with a hole blown out the front and back- Gun barrel at the back - text hand written around the shoulders ' Who told ye that one?' - full set of makers marks - signed…

Dark reflective wooden club with turned handle; transfer image of King's Crown with initials 'G R' below crown; Rutherglen coat of arms; '1914-1919'
Label inscription: 'Scottish Constabulary Baton / Issued World War I 1914-1918 / Donated By / Flora…

Crochet with the wording 'Lord bless / waiting for the dawn of time / we want peace / with honour/ Blue felt backing encased in plastic sleeve sewn closed on two sides

Felt hand made doll of Simpson a patient and donkey

Elevated view of 60th Battalion AIF during Victory March down Swanston Street, about to turn into Collins Street, Melbourne, 1918.

01 : Circular grey metal coin, reverse shows raised portrait of two soldiers and a donkey and the text 'LEST WE FORGET', verso text reads 'TO COMMEMORATE GALLIPOLI 1915 - 1985'
02 : Brown sythnetic material case , gold lettering on top reads '…

Rectangle woven textile with embossed metal strips on top and bottom. Black woven textile showing yellow ANZAC rising sun motif with scroll reading ' AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES ' , underneath reads ' FOR AUSTRALIA ' , yellow flowering plant branch in…

Peace ' with two flying doves on pedestal inscribed, PEACE / 1919 below AUSTRALIA; figure in chains on left and another entangled in bush to right (obverse)
Australian sailor and soldier support wreath; above, VICTORY; within, THE / TRIUMPH / OF /…

Vertical oval badge surmounded by King's crown. Top of oval border reads "ON WAR SERVICE"; bottom reads "1915". In the centre of the oval is a shield stamped with three cannons. On the back, "N" and "J.R. GAUNT & SON LTD. LONDON" are embossed. Raised…

Rounded metal badge topped with a crown 'RSA New South Wales' on the front and '2134' inscribed on back. Back pin has been broken off.

Below the knee amputation stump leg with iron bracing - fixed position type (no knee hinge)

Souvenir Billy Can, presented to the First World War Veterans of RSL Anzac Village

Tin billy can

Side inscriptions: 'EDEN-MANLY-GARDENS Belgium fund (pound symbol)5/11/6 Collected 30 Sept [Belgium Flag& USA Flag]' 'Narrabeen Patriotic Continental October 3rd/14 Collected (Pound symbol)4', 'Arcadia Theatre Manly Patriotic Concert October 28th/14…

Made from an Australian half penny. Used as a token to be given to the support service corps companies, behind the front line, in payment for a bath and a clean exchange uniform.

Khaki green fabric belt, possibly canvas, with metal ends and metal slide. 31 Individual badges, metal.

Badge of two crossed flags, brass with one enamel blue, and one enamel white with blue central blue stripe.

Badge of two crossed flags, brass, on a squared backing plate.

Button with coat of arms from United Kingdom, possibly brass.

Button with writing 'The Lincoln Regt', 'Egypt'. Possibly brass.

Two fibre identity tags, connected by a leather tie. One tag circular and reddish in colour, the other octagonal and black/brown. "3353". Demonstrates proficiency in signalling.
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