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Blue cardboard booklet with four hole orange binding stating 'RAAF standard notebook for initial training schools'. Booklet is bound with a shoelace. Has blue stamp on front cover, 'No. 1862'. Handwritten name of A. R Cocks also on front cover. Five…

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Plastic combined protractor and rule in a cardboard sleeve tied with a cotton tape. Has grey-lead inscription on cover, '411747/ COCKS A R/ (HUT 48)'. Blue ink stamp 'From SWAINS 158 Pitt St Sydney'.

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Japanese geisha in orange kimono with blue obi kneeling on the floor of a green and brownish tearoom

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Scene of 2 sailing boats with 2 occupants on water with 2 mountains in the background with trees

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Scene of labourer plowing field in rain with horse in saddle - Ink painting

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Ink painting - farmer in headscarf with a hoe tending to fields - trees and houses in background

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Ink painting with blue farmer brown horse and yellow house - Mt Fuji in the background

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Mother in blue and pink kimono with green apron tending to field with 1 child & 1 infant looking on - Yellow houses and green mountains in the background

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Copper sheet - hand embossed image of a commerative window with an eagle figure and propellas - a plaque hangs below with the words ' This window commemorates the pilots of the Royal Air Force who in the Battle of Britton turned the work of our hands…

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A series of 18 cartoons depicting a range of roles that women in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service would perform

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Chrome aeroplane supported from pole on a marble block - Missing propellers and two unusual 10mm long wires from the top of the plane present

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Model of aeroplane with silverish propellers - plane made from 3 bullets located on top a circular band which is on top of a dish - made from brass shell casing

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Model aeroplane submerged in plaster painted green to simulate water with a model battleship alongside carrying out a rescue of the airmen from the plane - White Cliffs of Dover painted in the background with 14 ships painted on the left hand side…

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Rural landscape scene with sky mountains and fields - two aeroplanes in the sky while 4 are on the ground - 3 trucks 1 ambulance 1 building

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Hand made silk skirt - made by a prisoner of war during internment in Borneo

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German tank in muddy field setting with mountain backdrop and wire fence

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

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Framed wooden panelling with eight charicatures of ' Chief Officers ' and ' Master at Arms ' painted on wooden cut-outs with a comical description of their character and duties.

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Hand drawn panaramic map of battlefield in Egypt - Known as Australian Hill 100 Position - Contains map bearings and vertical scale - Dated and initialled

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Copper plated plaque that has been painted in parts - Has a crown on top of TPI - Totally Permanently Disabled Soldiers Association

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Drawn pencil portrait of soldier's face - wearing beret - Has artist's signature and Germany written in lower right corner

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Bullet used as a handle with a copper curved decorative blade soldered on

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Three bullets soldered together to represent a two propella aircraft - Seems to be metal plated

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Shell casing base with a bullet as a shaft for the cast aluminium plane suspended on top

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Cartoon of attendees to a formal Scottish ball - Framed with newspaper clipping of the event

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Amatuer drawing of a memorial wall with French tricolours at the top centre with a passive hand - Souvenir Veroun - 1914 - 1918 - 1944 - 1945

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Blue and white beaded snake with 'Turkish.Prisoners.1918' lettering

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Gold, light blue, dark blue and pink beaded snake with white underbelly - dated with '1918'.

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paper mache landscape - orangy-brown colour with rocks - brown and green figures depicting battle scene

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Crayon on brown paper drawing of the face of Sgt D'Arcy Bagot-Stack - Blue eyes dark hair and white background

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Painting of Royal Navy Distroyer - Vessel firing to background causing explosions in red and yellow - blue red orange and yellow dawn - Signature on bottom right & title on bottom left

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Painting of H.M.S Hood - blue ship - blue white and orange skyline on ocean - Writing on the reverse side of object

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Card with Cartoon of two soldiers - one sitting on a latrine the other enquiring about Xmas leave - Message is ' The officers & men of the R.A.E. wish you the merriest possiable Xmas & hope that 1943 will bring you freedom & prosperity - POW Camp…

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Painted ceramic tile - with Royal Marines Crest - Sydney Branch - With marbled border

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Painted nylon fabric with Royal Marines crest - with red yellow & green sunburst design

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Painted plaster to look like copper with a ship , helicopters , dinghy , floating bouy in the sea - map of the Falklands and Union Jack flag held by four soldiers on the left

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Collage of various drawings relating to the history of the Royal Marines - varnished

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Papuan artifact - wood panel hand carved of an exotic bird with tail feathers cascading over the bird with open wings perched on a rod - shell for eye

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Papuan artifact - naively hand carved wooden alligator bearing teeth

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Papuan Artifact - naively carved wooden figure of a man with shells for eyes - painted black with white face and body stripes with a two legged stool behind

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Papuan Artifact - Naively carved wooden figure kneeling - wearing a grass skirt - necklace and earings of shell and seeds - holding a mask in front of the face

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Papuan Artifact - Wooden hand carved wall piece - two faces above each other - top face has a large headress with black , white and orange decoration - shell eyes on both faces

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Papuan Artifact - wooden hand carved - Standing male figure with hands by the side - painted black with body decoration in white and orange - anklets bracelets and a waist band in twisted dyed natural fibre - standing on an unidentified structure

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Papuan Artifact - Wooden hand carved totem with an alligator head at the top - painted black with five bands of orange and white decoration - alligator has shells for eyes - wooden tongue at the bottom which seems to part of a larger piece - possibly…

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Papuan Artifact - wooden hand carved totem - painted black with orange and white decoration - face at the top with natural fibre hair on either side - shell for eye - coming to a point at the base - seems to be part of a larger piece - possible…

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Hair comb - hand carved bamboo comb

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Grass woven belt with dark brown zig zag decoration - cotton thread that has been cut around the edge indicates that it may have had something attached

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Copper plaque with the Parachute Regiment Crest - fabric backing in a frame

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25 pound artillery shell case carved into a silhouette of two ladies one seated, one standing. Obtained by Lt. George Neil Blaike.

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Royal Doulton Plate - square plate with scalloped corners - printed design of H.M.S. Victory in the background with Lord Nelson to the right - Makers Mark on the reverse with title and registration number

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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

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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

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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…

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Mug - printed image of three portraits surounded by wreaths with three flags either side on the front - on the rear is a globe with Peace wrapped around , a wreath in front , surounded by four flags - NOV. 11th 1918 - 'H' in gold written on the base…

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Shell - inside hand carved with a coat of arms surrounded by a kangaroo and emu with a rising sun at the top and 'Advance Australia' in a ribbon at the feet of the animals - smoothed on the back

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Non functional weather vane cut from sheet aluminium with the silhouette of the HMAS Shropshire - grey silver colour with accompanying documentation

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Heavy iron wall plaque - hand with fingers wrapped around a flaming torch with red and yellow painted flames

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Oval painted plaster plaque with the crest of the Royal Marines painted in gold with a black background

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Limited Edition - White tankard with printed decorative panels of the Second World War

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Limited Edition - White tankard with printed decorative panels of the First World War

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Limited Edition - White tankart with printed decorative paness of the Korean War

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Bullet with Australian Commonwealth Military Forces crest - with base for stability

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37mm M16 shell casing produced in 1942 decorated with 1935 Territory of New Guinea one shilling coin - two bullets for handles

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1918 shell casing supported by three small rounded legs - top of the casing has been bent out to form a 2cm wide lip

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1940 25 pound shell casing ashtray with three extended cigarette rests protruding from three different sides - 1927 coin of Palestine located in the centre and 'Syria - From Ted' engraved

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25 pound shell casing ashtray with 3 grooves cut for cigarette rests - Australian half penny located in the centre. Dated 1943.

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Etched shell casing from 1917 - bottom signed by Peterson in Hamberg from 49 P.W.C - Maked with banner for the European War 1914-1918 - Rising sun crest - dove - military cross - and words

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Etched shell casing with heart and the writing ' Souvenir de Belgique 1916 - 1918 ' - Top of the casing has been folded over to form a triangle pattern along the lip

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Two shell casings one with Japanese writing and the other with English both with a star shaped badge for S.R.S.& S.E. 1947

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Shell casing with etched flowers and the rising sun - Australian Commonwealth Military Forces - 1914 1919 World War 1

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Small diorama with single tank and a wooden branch beside - snow - dark clouds and huts in the background snow on the ground

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Diorama with imitation grass and mud tire tracks - green bushy background with blue sky and flying silver aircraft - anti-aircraft gun and trailer with two winches

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Diorama with imitation grass with bushes in the background blue sky with a white cloud - black painted aircraft in the sky - one aircraft is shot down and plummeting to the ground on fire - anti-aircraft gun and two winches on a trailer

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Painted plaster cast - Facial cameo profiles of Roosevelt and Churchill facing each other on a plaque with a V in the middle - One Ideal Freedom at the top - wording etched on the base

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Brass metal shell casing fashioned into an ash tray with three metal grooves attached around rim to act as cigarette rests

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Rising Sun insignia with King's crown beneath the rising sun shape attached to brooch pin .
Verso has engraving ' S . Sil ' .

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The inscription engraved on German shell:" PRESENTED TO/THE WAR VETERANS HOME/LEGACY PARK NARRABEEN/XMAS/1941/BY/ Lt J.R.RUSSELL JONES/B.E.F 1915-1918/GERMAN 8 1/2 IN SHELLCASE/FROM/YPRESS SECTOR 1917---there are 7 empty small bullet shell cases and…

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7 empty small bullet shell cases and 6 bullets

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Detachable chrome aeroplane, supported by a chrome female figure, standing on a map of New Guinea (metal) on a wooden base.

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Shell casing ashtray with bullet at centre, with cigarette rests protruding from three different sides.

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Chrome model of an aeroplane

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One of the twelve permanent RAAF squadrons in existence at the beginning of WWII. The Squadron served mainly in the Middle East and Western Desert.

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Framed ink drawing on paper, of an Avro Lancaster from No.5 Group (No.50 Squadron based in Skellingthorpe in Lincolnshire, UK).

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Pewter memorial mug for the Royal Australian Air Force Diamond Jubilee in 1981 with glass bottom.

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Iron alloy Victory Bell cast from a German aircraft shot down over Britain 1939 - 1945 for the RAF Benevolent Fund. Embossed busts in profile of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Large 'V' embossed on handle.

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A set of two polished brass shells, secured into circular wooden bases. The nose of the shell has been removed so that umbrellas etc can be stored inside.

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A set of two polished brass shells, secured into circular wooden bases. The nose of the shell has been removed so that umbrellas etc can be stored inside.

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Framed ink and painted poster for the ÔReceiving Depot for:- 7th Divisional Cavalry Regt. Comfort FundsÕ.

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Framed prayer, written in black ink and background multicolored pencil with black and yellow mount.

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Papuan Artifact Ð Wooden hand carved walking (?) stick with coiled snake up length and lizard at top, near handle.

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Papuan Artifact Ð Wooden hand carved decorative knife, with flared handle.

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Original print of painting by John Charlton, has been overdrawn with pen, pencil and chalk and framed with descriptions added at bottom on white mount made from pin board material.

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Framed original print of painting by Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler). Some areas, for example the birds have been overdrawn in pencil. Captions and description have been added onto the white mount made from pin board material.

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A pair of diamond shaped broaches made from clear plastic with a mother of pearl inlay and red backing.
01: has metal ear attachment, with ÔNew BritainÕ engraved.
02: Metal ear attachment is missing.

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Victory mini plaque made from solid ferrous metal. Relief of ÒVÓ for victory, crown, RAAF eagle and motto ÔI GO TO RETURNÕ.

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Plastic heart charm with painted blue background. Gold coloured engraving reads ÔMy SweetheartÕ and there is a small metal loop at top for attachment to necklace(?).

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Diamond shaped solid ferrous base with heart shape on top. ÔVÕ for Victory added as a relief, along with Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Rising Sun Badge and kangaroo and emu from National Emblem.

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Diamond shaped solid ferrous base with ÔVÕ for Victory added as a relief and two crossed palm trees and motto 'Advance Australia' at bottom.

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