The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
German infantry side drum with steel shell painted dark green, retaining its original hoops and skin heads, and fitted with a pair of counterhoops made from wood but shod in tin. Five steel tensioning rods with triangular heads are fitted around the shell, rivetted to the counterhoops. The lower counterhoop has a cut slot and hole opposite for the placement of a snare - this is missing - and also mounts a pivoting heavy wire leg rest assembly, bound with a long strip of buff leather. The upper counterhoop mounts a cast metal suspension fitting with three integral hook eyes, secured to the hoop with three rivets. The counterhoops retain remnants of the original paint, which appears to have been overall dark green, with the counterhoops then overpainted with a alternating and opposing red and white triangle pattern.
Specific history unknown.
German infantry side drum with steel shell painted dark green, retaining its original hoops and skin heads (the lower is split and torn) and fitted with a pair of counterhoops made from wood but shod
German Model 1917 steel helmet with leather liner. The helmet is painted field grey and has a significant dent on the front of the shell. Three sections of leather spaced equidistant around the inside
Pair of shaped drumsticks, painted black, made from a heavy close-grained wood. The end of each shank is fitted with a 45 mm long cast brass sleeve attached to the wood with a copper rivet, which feat
Standard pattern military side drum with unpainted brass body, original hoops and skin heads, and fitted with a pair of wooden counterhoops, painted in red with a black band featuring a white stripe i
Side drum with the main body of the drum made from brass. A brass ring has been added to the top and bottom of the drum, each with 5 points attached to fit the drum tensioning screws. The outside of t
Large (823 mm diameter) bass marching drum with a varnished plywood shell, half of which has been left in its varnished state, while the other half is painted brick red, with a regular pattern of red,
