The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
German Army infantry gefreiter's (lance corporal) field grey woollen peakless field cap (feldmutze). The cap has red piping around the crown and an integral red hat band, which has been covered with an additional khaki camouflage band. A national red, white and black painted pressed metal cockade is attached to the front. The state cockade is missing. A compliance stamp is printed on the off white cotton lining but is unreadable.
Worn by a gefreiter (lance corporal) of the 184th Infantry Regiment, 183rd (Prussian) Division, German Army, who was killed by 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 24 Battalion, AIF, in the attack on Ville-sur-Ancre on 19 May 1918. The gefreiter was wearing the ribbon bar of the Iron Cross. The 183rd Division had recently been reinforced by 19 year old boys who were not of great fighting value and the brunt of the fighting was borne by the NCOs who fought bravely to the end. The Australian platoon was led by Lieutenant Eric Henry Edgerton MM and bar, who was killed in action on 11 August 1918, aged 21 years, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 16 September 1918. Edgerton is buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery at Fouilloy. The details of the action in which this cap was captured are recorded in the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Volume VI, The AIF in France 1918, pp.117-123 & 134-137.
The final objective captured by Lieutenant (Lt) E.H.D. Edgerton DSO MM and party of the 24th Battalion, during the attack. Owing to the marshy nature of the country the final objective had to be chose
Group portrait of the Officers of the 24th Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Stanley George Thompson; Lt Ernest Victor White DCM; Lt William Burns Gow MC; Lt John Fos
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Eric Henry Drummond Edgerton, MM and Bar, DSO, 24 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Collection consists of bound photocopies of certificates, cit
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Eric Henry Drummond Edgerton, MM, DSO, 24 Battalion, Gallipoli, Egypt and France, 5 January 1915 - 11 August 1918. Collection consists of a typewritte
German Army NCO's field grey woollen peaked service cap (dienstmutze). The cap has red piping in the seam between the panel that forms the crown and the panels below it. It has a metal national cockad
Grey 'Bergmutze' style Luftwaffe officer's field cap with a very short peak. The cap is made of blue-grey Luftwaffe woollen fabric with woven aluminium piping around the crown, indicating that the wea
German Army, Model 41, olive (now faded or bleached to beige) cotton twill, tropical pattern field cap. The cockade, which has been crudely sewn on, has a small hole on both sides near the seam with t
Luftwaffe uniform peaked cap (Schirmmutze) as worn by other ranks. The cap is made of blue-grey woollen cloth and has a black ribbed mohair band. The lining is of brown cotton fabric. The maker's mark
A white piped, field grey woollen shoulder strap, edged with gold coloured Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs) lace, and bearing the brass numerals '229'. This shoulder strap was taken from the tunic o
German army field grey woollen field cap (feldmutze) with integral scarlet hat band and scarlet piping around the crown. A national red, white and black painted pressed metal cockade is attached by co
