Queen Victoria Gift Box with Linen Handkerchief – Map and Song Print
Rectangular gold-painted tin box with hinge lid, with a red colour lid in a blue border, on the centre of the lid is embossed a portrait of Queen Victoria, to the left of the stamp is printed the royal cypher of Queen Victoria and to the right is printed “SOUTH AFRICA 1900”, and printed in […]
Berliner Rail Station sign
A 5 inch (12.7 cm) by 15 inch (38.1 cm) street sign for the Berliner Rail Station Stop.
Sedgwick – Niagara Camp – cloth banners in mailing tube
three banners of felt – 2021008001, 2021008002, 2021008003 Red rectangular cloth banner – battalion in cloth letters Black triangular pennant – British Empire in cloth letters Black triangular pennant – Niagara Camp in cloth letters
1945 War Photo Calendar
1945 calendar published in New York by the British Information Services. Each page has a full-sized (8×10.5) photo from earlier in the war, a description of the photo and its significance for the war, a quote about war that relates thematically to the photo, the entry for the month, and two smaller entries for the […]
Dear Old Pal of Mine Sheet Music
An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) copy of Dear Old Pal of Mine sheet music, which is a World War I song written by Harold Robe and Gitz Rice. The song was first published in 1916 by G. Ricordi & Co.in New York, NY. Irish tenor John McCormack earned the nickname the […]
Gift Box from Trinidad, Grenada & St.Lucia to the Naval & Military Forces
A 9 inch by 4 inch by 1 inch high black and gold coloured tin box with printed text “The gift of the colonies of Trinidad, Grenada & St. Lucia to His Majesty’s Naval & Military forces.” Inside a gift of chocolates made from cocoa grown in the Caribbean Islands. Long rectangular tin with hinged […]
Gift Box from Princess Mary
A 3 inch by 5 inch gold coloured gift box with an embossed head of Princess Mary. The Princess Mary Gift Fund box is an embossed brass box that originally contained a variety of items such as tobacco and chocolate. It was intended as a Christmas present to those serving at Christmas in 1914 and was paid […]
Gift Box from Princess Mary
A 3 inch by 5 inch gold coloured gift box with an embossed head of Princess Mary. The Princess Mary Gift Fund box is an embossed brass box that originally contained a variety of items such as tobacco and chocolate. It was intended as a Christmas present to those serving at Christmas in 1914 and was paid […]
Shrapnel
The term “shrapnel” is commonly, although incorrectly from a technical standpoint, used to refer to fragments produced by any explosive weapon. However, the shrapnel shell, named for Major General Henry Shrapnel of the British Royal Artillery, predates the modern high-explosive shell and operates by an entirely different process. A shrapnel shell consists of a shell […]
Bullet Lighter – trench art
A 3-inch (7.62 cm) long bullet lighter, trench art. ‘Trench art’ is a term used to describe objects made from the debris and by-products of modern warfare. Trench Art is usually associated with the First World War, although similar items have been produced in other conflicts too. Most trench art was made by servicemen to […]