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Click image to enlarge Listed in Carlisle as C1915/17. Minted in bronze, brass, and aluminium. This one is brass. Believed to be the first medallion produced to remember Gallipoli in June 1915 by the East Perth Football Club in Western …
Australia 1915 Struck in Honour of Our Boys at the Dardanelles Read More »
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Click image to enlarge ID Disc made from an Australian 1937 crown with reverse skimmed and neatly engraved with: Clarence O Doremus Z-212769 U.S.M.M. Engraving is an interesting style, with incuse engraving that has been rubbed with a dark finish …
USA World War 2 ID Disc – 1937 Crown Clarence O. Doremus U.S.M.M. Z-212769 Read More »
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Click image to enlarge Aluminium ID tag in the shap of Australia with attached leather strap. Measures 60mm x 45mm. Front is crudely engraved with a rising sun with “KV NUZUM” at center, “HQ 13 F.A.B. AIF” below and “1088 …
Australia World War 1 Aluminium Map of Australia ID Tag Kingley Victor Nuzum 1088 Read More »
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Click image to enlarge Gold return form for William Hennessy, Australian Field Artillery 87037. Front shows a WW1 Australian solider with a rifle, King’s crown above and “HE ANSWERED HIS CALL” below. Back has a pin and mount and is …
Australian World War 1 15ct Gold Return Fob William Hennessy 87037 Read More »
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Click image to enlarge World War 2 ID disc made from a 1934 Australian florin. Unusual because it is made out to a British sailor, Leading Seaman A. Knight, service number C JX 130353. First British ID disc we’ve seen …
Great Britain World War 2 Identity Disc C JX 130353 Leading Seaman A Knight Read More »
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Click image to enlarge World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from a bun head Queen Victoria British penny. Attached to a chain with a white metal Canterbury Cathedral medallion. Both sides of the coin are worn almost flat, and …
Australian World War 1 Identity Disc John Berry 76 23rd Battalion Read More »
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Click image to enlarge World War 2 AIF Army disc made from colourless plastic. Letters have been engraved into the disc and then filled with paint or something similar. Holed and ringed for suspension. Lettering reads: SX33148 M 04 BAILEY …
Australian World War 2 Identity Disc SX33148 H.D. Cooper Read More »
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Click image to enlarge World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from a French 25 Centimes along with a matching red compressed fibre ID disc. The 25 centimes is holded and looped for suspension, the reverse has been skimmed smooth …
Australian World War 1 Identity Discs 3053 EJ Cooper Read More »
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Click image to enlarge Interesting World War 1 AIF Identity Disc crafted from Great Britain 1914 Penny. Obverse is stamped with letter punches and reads: TODD AC 6569 6AI CE Arthur Christenson Todd, a 29 year old engine driver enlisted …
Australian World War 1 Identity Disc 6569 A.C. Todd Read More »
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Posted in General Medals
Click image to enlarge Carlisle T/9 struck in silver by Stokes in Melbourne circa 1934 for the opening of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Victoria. Front of medal shows the Shrine of Remembrance with “The National War Memorial of …
1934 National War Memorial of Victora – Shrine of Remembrance Silver Medal Read More »