The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 earpieces 'NEUFELDT & KUHNKE KIEL 200 OHM'.
Made mainly from parts taken from German Kleinemfanger radios repaired by VX4688 Private R Glanville, of 2/7 Battalion, while he was assigned as a prisoner of war to work in a Silesian sugar beet factory. Glanville, a radio expert, was allowed out of the camp to repair local radios and in the process managed to acquire enough parts to make his own set. The headphones were supplied by a sympathetic German servant girl. The set was powered through the socket of an Eddison light bulb in the work camp's latrines, and concealed in a Red Cross food carton when not in use. Listening was restricted to three 15 minute periods a week.
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 PARCEL
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 PARCEL
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
Hardback copy of Sinclair Lewis's popular book, "Ann Vickers", this version published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1936 as a third edition. The last two thirds of the book has been sewn together and has a
Pair of carved wooden clogs, with the toe and heel hollowed from each to accept an earphone and a handwound transformer. Each hollowed space has been sealed with rubber cut from motorcycle tyres and s
Pouch for a Personal Role Radio (PRR) in Disruptive Pattern Desert Uniform (DPDU) fabric. An elastic and nylon webbing tab across the top of the pouch secures the radio and fastens with a press stud a
Silver pendant, suspended from a short length of chain, cut from the outer part of an Australian florin. Associated with VX36974 Robert George Towers, of 2/29 Battalion and his sweetheart Miss Lois
