The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Silk and cotton Union Jack with gold bullion fringe on three sides. A central red roundel surmounted by an embroidered appliqued King's crown, bears the gold embroidered name of the unit '55th COLLINGWOOD INFANTRY AUSTRALIA'. The fabric was made using a silk warp and cotton weft, much of the silk has disintegrated leaving primarily the cotton weft.
King's and Regimental Colours were presented to the 55th (Collingwood) Infantry Regiment, a militia unit, by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Arthur Stanley, on 19 April 1914 during a regimental parade at Victoria Park, Abbotsford in Melbourne. They were laid up at the Collingwood Town Hall on 8 July 1938.
An Army inspection of the colours in 1971 found them 'in an advanced state of decay' and they were transferred from the Town Hall to the Australian War Memorial for preservation.
Single sided Colour made from two pieces of cream silk, satin weave fabric joined with a single seam 28-31cm below upper edge. The machine stitched seam joins two selvedges together. The upper edge of
Double sided green silk Colour embroidered in the centre with gold bullion thread with 'FOURTH INFANTRY' within two circles. The inner circle bears a gold edged silk colour patch for 4 Battalion, AIF,
Double sided red, blue and white silk King's Colour in the form of a Union flag, with gold bullion fringe on the fly and upper and lower edges, and a pair of gold bullion and crimson silk tassels atta
Queen's Colour of dark bottle green, plain weave silk. In the upper left canton is a double-sided Union Jack made from separate strips of white, blue and red silk. In the lower half of the Colour are
Dark blue wool twill trousers with wide gold infantry pattern lace, with crimson silk stripe down the centre, extending down the side seams. Trouser fabric has pale blue stripes woven into the wrong s
Cream cotton sateen cushion cover with a gold cotton sateen back that is open at one end to allow a cushion to be inserted. The centre of the cover is embroidered in red 'SOUVENIR From the WAR'. Each
