The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cream silk chiffon handkerchief with a pale blue edge in machine buttonhole stitch. Hand embroidered in the top left corner in mauve, purple, red, blue, white, green, yellow and black satin stitch with a pansy and Allied flags. Beneath them, in brown satin stitch is 'SOUVENIR DE FRANCE'.
Sent home to his wife, Marion McLeod, in 1916, by 4825 Private Stewart Jamieson McLeod. He enlisted on 16 September 1915 and served with 53 Battalion AIF. McLeod was killed in action at Fleurbaix on 26 August 1916.
Cream silk chiffon embroidered souvenir handkerchief with a pale green machine buttonhole stitch edge. Hand embroidered in satin stitch in one corner with a red rose and mistletoe, surmounted by the f
Pale pink silk chiffon handkerchief with hand applied lace border 45mm deep. There is an edge of drawn threadwork inside the lace. One corner is embroidered in green, olive green, white, red, yellow,
Cream silk handkerchief case padded with cotton wadding. The edges are bound in silk twist. The top flap of the case originally fastened with three pink silk covered buttons but only one of these rem
Cream silk chiffon souvenir handkerchief embroidered in dark blue machine chainstitch with 'Souvenir de France'. Handkerchief has a fine lace border. The edges are machine chainstitch embroidered with
Pale pink chiffon handkerchief with a border of machine made lace. Hand embroidered in one corner in red, yellow, green, black and blue with three field flowers - a Flander's poppy, a daisy and a corn
Cream silk chiffon handkerchief with a lace edge. Embroidered in one corner, in red, white, blue, green, yellow and black, with a hot air balloon and gondola made up of the Allied flags. The gondola i
