The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Damaged German insulated hot food container which is dull grey-green and might be galvanised or painted. It is grimy and stained with dark coloured accretions on the sides. There is a torn and jagged 185mm split in the outer jacket and a corresponding 110mm split in the inner lining, which may have been caused by a piece of shrapnel hitting the pot. Cork has been used as insulation between the outer jacket and inner lining. A heavy coating of mixed dirt, straw and cobwebs are stuck to the base. The circumferential reinforcing strap around the base is broken. The strap, which is only held on by two rivets, prevents the pot from sitting flush on its base. The lid has a circumferential fabric-tape seal that is broken and stained brown by rust.
This pressure cooker was found in an improvised German kitchen that had been established in a chamber in the Bellicourt Tunnel, France. The kitchen, which had been destroyed by a shell that had killed a party of Germans, was discovered on 29 September 1918.
German, galvanised metal, candle-lantern that has a pair of brass handles on the back and other brass fittings on the side-hinged door on the front. The lantern is well made. Yellow coloured wax has r
German, galvanised metal, candle-lantern that has a pair of brass handles on the back and other brass fittings on the side-hinged door on the front. The lantern is well made. Yellow coloured wax has r
Insulated double wall hot food container. The container is kidney shaped and has two canvas straps so that it can be worn as a backpack. Their is a small stuffed Hessian sack near the base of the cont
By September 1918, allied forces had pushed the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line. In part, this defensive line followed the route of the St Quentin Canal. Near Bellicourt, the canal ran underground
Timber signboard painted in black with the word 'Tunnelplan' and a diagram showing the layout of the Bellicourt Tunnel complex. The sign is labelled 'Westen' (this end also marked 'Bellenglise') and '
Lid from an insulated double wall steel hot food container. The lid is kidney shaped and has divets in the four sides to fit rods that secure the lid to the container using butterfly screws. Lid fro
German Army Prussian general officer's four pocket field grey woollen jacket with rank insignia of general lieutnant (lieutenant general). The edges of the stand and fall collar, front opening, and to
