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  • Collection: Case 68 - North Africa

Brown leather eye piece with glass inserts, black felt lining and black fabic strap. Metal inserts around glass

Brown steel helmet, German sticker eagle, inside leather lining and leather strap with metal buckles. "54" on leather. On leather strap "martin pauckner bamberg 1943". Stamped back of helmet on metal "21070" "Kirstien F."Stamped left side inside…

Coloured (yellow, red, black, cream) cord attached to bugle with brass plated copper and plain copper. Captured according to the caption.

Oval metal badge depicting rifle diagonally and eagle motif on top. Attached to tunic left breast pocket of A2012-0106

Green tunic, painted green buttons, brown trim, 4 pockets, shoulder epaulette with brown and white trim. Label trim on wrist on tunic green with silver inscription Afrika Korps. Proper right breast fabric badge eagle swastika. Proper light ribbon…

Booklet with green cover depicting Nazi eagle with the word 'Soldbuch'. 24 pages.

Goggles with canvas frame, glass inset in metal rim. Eight metal eyelets (top and bottom). Textile headstrap with metal extender/tightener. Also comes with two green first aid bandage packs labelled 'faden abstriefen 1940' and 'faden abstriefen 1935'

Rectangular Metal mess tin. Top lid is larger than similar shaped bottom lid with iron handle. Top lid has been engraved with an image of a drum kit. Inscriptions top lid read 'Skins Parrott' and bottom lid 'Tobruk Garrison 1941'

Metal pedastool with two millimetre gauges located at either end / spirit level mounted on the top surface of object. '7056' on lid of case.

YMCA logo embroidered in red and black, with the word 'Australia' embroidered below.

Stained shield of lighter coloured tan wood with rat on emblem and crown above. 'The Rats of Tobruk Association' on emblem, 'No Surrender' below.

Stained wooden of darker wood shield with rat on emblem and crown above. 'The Rats of Tobruk Association' on emblem, 'No Surrender' below.

The medals are as follows:
01 : The 1939 - 45 Star
02 : The Africa Star
03 : Defence Medal
04 : War Medal 1939 - 1945
05: Australia Service Medal 1939 - 1945

Sand coloured tank with white kangaroos on either side of body and gunner and rear of gunner , black wheel on rear , rotating single compartment gunner with gunman present .

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French navy visorless cap - navy blue body with 2 bands of red trim and a white cover with centre hole. White cotton chin strap with small red pom pom attached with plastic buttons. Embroidered anchor and rope insignia on front

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01: Bayonet with iron alloy spiked blade with copper alloy handle. 'F.D. 6350' inscribed on hilt and 'D' at very top of blade.
02: Iron alloy scabbard. '79935' inscribed at top.

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Envelope, with hand drawn 'cartoon' Addressed to Mr O Batt. Inscriptions: [GOD - BLIMEY MATEY, NOT BLINKING "STOO" AGAIN.' 'YOU BLOKES!! WILL WANT MEAT IN IT NEXT.'

Eighteen German postage stamps in various colours with the word 'Deutsches Reich' and 'Grossdeutsches Reich' on the bottom. Each stamp depicts military scenes or German leaders such as Hitler and Goering.

Brown and black camouflaged tank in diorama with sand dunes and tropical trees in background.

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Diorama of troop carrier among in sandy dunes with four troops surrounding it an a German airplane in the sky above.

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Flag captured at Solum in the Western Desert after the relief of Tobruk.
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