The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Steel ring band. The ring is engraved 'Gold gab Ich fur Eisen 1914 0.S.K.'.
In the early 19th century items of jewellery, similar to this ring, were given in return for donating gold jewellery to the war effort against Napoleon. A hundred years later the idea was revived during the early stages of the First World War. In return for donating gold and other jewellery to the war effort, donors would receive iron or steel jewellery with the inscription 'Gold gab Ich fur Eisen'. In 1914 the Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán revised one of his earlier operettas, 'Der gute Kamerad' into 'Gold gab Ich fur Eisen'. Either as a response to the fund raising campaign, or to promote it. This ring belonged to an Austrian family who emigrated to Australia after the First World War.
Aluminium Finger ring with a small square insert in the front of the ring. The insert is divided diagonally into two halves: the top half is black and the bottom half yellow. Patriotic ring, possib
Man's silver signet ring bearing on the front face an oval within which is a crown with the dates '1914' and '1915' on either side.Beneath is a wreath containing eight lightning bolts. On either side
Man's silver signet ring bearing on the front face an oval within which is a crown with the dates '1914' and '1915' on either side.Beneath is a wreath containing eight lightning bolts. On either side
Aluminium Finger ring with a small square insert in the front of the ring. The insert is divided diagonally into two halves: the top half is black and the bottom half yellow. Patriotic ring, possib
German man's ring made of iron displaying an Iron Cross with a 'W' in the centre. Impressed in the inside of the band is 'Metallsammlung 1914'. Collected in Singapore in 1916 by Miss Alexandra Ander
Wurttemburg Military Merit Medal (silver). Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The head of Wilhelm II facing right with the inscription 'WILHELM II KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG' around the circumference. Reverse:
Wurttemburg Military Merit Medal (silver). Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The head of Wilhelm II facing right with the inscription 'WILHELM II KOENIG VON WUERTTEMBERG' around the circumference. Reverse:
Wurttemburg Military Merit Medal (silver). Unnamed as issued, but stamped '950 SILBER' on the edge near the suspender. Obverse: The head of Wilhelm II facing right with the inscription 'WILHELM II KOE
