The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Field Compass mounted on a flat brass frame, with folding wire sights. Hooks on the upper extremities of the sights enable the compass to be attached to a string line. The compass card is calibrated to 6400 mils. The compass is contained within a light grey 'ersatz' case, and a brass protective cap fits over the compass glass.
This compass was thought by the donor to have been associated with one of the guns which shelled amiens in 1918. This could have been the 28 cm SK L/40 railway gun captured near Amiens on 8 August 1918, or the 38 cm SK L/45 near Chuignes.
Artillery compass in wooden case, taken from a German gun. The wooden case is reinforced around its edges with thin metal stripping, which is fastened to the case with slot headed screws. Two webbin
1/24 scale model of the German 28 cm SK L/40 railway gun captured by Australian forces on 8 November 1918, at Harbonnieres in France, and known as the 'Amiens Gun'. The model is constructed from bras
Lower section of a German 15 inch (38 centimetre) shell, including the twin driving bands. Soldered onto the surface is a brass plate, into which is punched the details of its recovery. The artiller
Magnetic card compass which has probably been removed from an aeroplane. The bowl is attached by springs to a brass gimbal. The bowl is also made of brass and has been painted light grey, with the nam
Thick brass plaque embossed with the following: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE / OF OUR OWN SOLDIERS AND OF THEIR ALLIES / WHO SAVED THE CITY OF AMIENS'. There are deep grooves and arrow markings cut into the re
Large brass plaque embossed with the following text: 'THIS GUN / EMPLACED ON RAILS AT WEINCORT NEAR AMIENS / WAS ONE OF THOSE BY WHICH THE GERMANS / INTENDED DURING THE YEAR 1918 / TO DESTROY THE RAIL
