The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Manufacture's brass plates (x2) from the magneto and engine of a British tank (No.16658).
These plates were taken from a British tank that was abandoned in the sunken road leading into Flers, France during the First World War.
Engine I.D. plate featuring white lettering on a red background surrounded by a white border. The inscription reads: Manufactured / under license from / Knight and Kilbourne Patents Company / by / The
Engine Identification plate, pierced on all four corners for screw or rivets, and inscribed with the following: When ordering spares, quote car and list nos. Type: 105 Rth / Car No 28098/ List No 17
Two track plates to which is bolted a spud or grouser attachment. A pair of track guides are rivetted to the reverse. There is no movement remaining between the track plates. Corroded. This is part
Gear lever position plate from a Mark IV tank. The plate is cast brass, and features the number '2' over the word 'HIGH' Both sides of the late are pierced for screw attachment. There is no evidence
Ship's engine room telegraph. Two circular shaped dials, with brass bezels. Dials are mounted on top surface of a sheet metal rectangular shaped box which contains the operating mechanism. Emden was
Damaged wicker and wood observation balloon basket. Crushed on hitting the ground, the basket is from a British balloon shot down on fire by a German aircraft near Ypres, Belgium, in January 1918. T
