The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Nine carat gold medal showing a Maltese cross of St John Ambulance Brigade within a circlet, both in rose gold, within a gold wreath. A suspension ring is attached to the top of the medal. The circlet is engraved '*DOUGLAS SHIELD* 1916'. The reverse of the medal is engraved 'MARRICKVILLE NURSING DIV. No 1 SQUAD WINNERS 25-3-16 MISS D GREY.' A brooch pin fastening has been attached to the medal reverse after it was awarded.
Associated with the service of Miss Doris H Grey, a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD) of the Australian Red Cross between 1915 and 1919. The squad to which she was attached was based at Marrickville in Sydney. In 1919, in the course of her work as a VAD, Doris met and fell in love with Private Colin James Irwin, a recently returned serviceman who had lost his leg as a result of wounds received during the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917. They were married at Petersham in 1920.
Ornately engraved and cut silver medal with an attached central medallion in rose gold showing the showing the Maltese cross of St John Ambulance Brigade. A suspension ring is attached to the top of t
Improvised identity disc made from a George V halfpenny. The reverse has been filed smooth and them impressed 'C.J. IRWIN. 1 CYCLISTS. 383 A.I.F. P'. A section of leather thong is threaded through a h
Small bronze fundraising badge, in aid of the Italian Red Cross, in the shape of a map of Italy bearing an enamelled red cross in the centre with a raised date '1918' above it. The map is suspended by
Printed cotton souvenir cushion cover with a cream cotton fringe, most of which is missing. The souvenir is printed in colour on a cream ground and shows in the centre the pyramids against a yellow sk
Bronze St John Ambulance Association badge. The round badge has a Maltese cross in the centre within a circlet bearing the words 'THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION'. Four trefoil shapes are attached a
Black enamelled white metal badge showing the Maltese cross of St John Ambulance Association within a circlet bearing the words 'THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION', set on a ribbon scroll bearing the
Ornately engraved and cut silver medal with an attached central medallion in rose gold showing the showing the Maltese cross of St John Ambulance Brigade. A suspension ring is attached to the top of t
Black enamelled white metal badge showing the Maltese cross of St John Ambulance Association within a circlet bearing the words 'THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION', set on a ribbon scroll bearing the
Bronze St John Ambulance Association badge. The round badge has a Maltese cross in the centre within a circlet bearing the words 'THE ST JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION'. Four trefoil shapes are attached a
Small bronze fundraising badge, in aid of the Italian Red Cross, in the shape of a map of Italy bearing an enamelled red cross in the centre with a raised date '1918' above it. The map is suspended by
Red Cross Twenty Years Service Medal. Gold and enamel medal, suspended from a scarlet ribbon, shows a red enamelled cross set on gold rays. Around the edge in gold lettering on white enamel are the wo
Six sterling silver commemorative coffee spoons each with a decorative enamelled tip of a hospital patient in blue uniform. Each spoon is hallmarked and individually engraved; “K178 1914-1918”; K178 1
