The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Original cardboard carton containing a standard Red Cross food parcel as issued to Allied prisoners of war in Europe. Marked on top of lid with a red cross and 'KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST PRISONER'S PARCELS SCOTTISH RED CROSS SOCIETY/ COMITE INTERNATIONAL CROIX ROUGE, GENEVE - TRANSIT, SUISSE/ FOOD 16 PACKETS/ SOAP 1 PIECE'.
Received by VX4688 Private R Glanville of 2/7 Infantry Battalion in 1943, while he was a prisoner of war in Silesia (then in Prussia, but now a part of Poland). He later cut the out the base of the box sdo that that it could hold a shortwave radio that he had made.
Food parcels usually contained the following: Tea, cocoa, sugar, chocolate, oatmeal, biscuits, sardines, dried fruit, condensed milk, jam, corned beef, margarine, cigarettes/tobacco, and soap.
Short wave radio receiver housed in a wooden opened backed case with a mock bakelite front and control knob. The reciver is complete with its original German headphones. They are impressed on the earp
Short wave radio receiver housed in a wooden opened backed case with a mock bakelite front and control knob. The reciver is complete with its original German headphones. They are impressed on the earp
Small magnetic escape compass contained in a round bakelite toothpaste container with part of the lid cut out to show the compass pointer, made from two luminous watch hands and two magnetised crewel
White cotton armband with a red felt Geneva cross sewn in the centre. The band is curved - wider at the centre and tapering to either end, to form straps. The band is fastened with a two-pronged metal
Italian Red Cross medical orderly's tin badge, with red, white and green cotton rosette. The badge features a red cross within a five pointed star, surmounted by an Italian King's Crown. It is attache
Victoria Cross. Engraved reverse suspender with recipient's details; reverse cross with date of action. Richard Kelliher was born in on 1 September 1910 in Ireland and migrated to Australia in 1929
Rectangular silk flag badge with pin attachment. Brass pin is capped with a brass ball. The silkscreened design features a central Red Cross. One of a collection of some fifty fundraising and patrio
