The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Spelter (zinc) bust of Major General Baden-Powell, treated to look like bronze. On the base of the bust is cast 'Maj. Gen BADEN-POWELL' in relief.
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell was born on 22 February 1857. He served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second South African War, he successfully led the defence of the city of Mafeking during the 217 day seige. He became a national hero and after the war established the Boy Scout movement. The Girl Guide movement was subsequently established by his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell. Baden Powell died on 8 January 1941.
Short length of red, white and blue ribbon with `BADEN POWELL / MAFEKING / 19-5-00' written on the central white band in brown(?) ink. Baden-Powell souvenir Ribbon collected by Lieutenant John 'Jack
Spelter (zinc) bust of Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts, treated to look like bronze. On the base of the bust is cast 'LORD ROBERTS' in relief. Frederick Sleigh Roberts, was born in India on 30 Septemb
Formal portrait of Colonel Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell, Commandant of the Mafeking Garrison. In the late 1870s he was commissioned straight into the 13th Hussars, bypassing the officer traini
Small rectangular piece of doped aircraft fabric. Handwritten on the reverse is 'FROM FRANCE 13/4/17 THIS IS OFF THE WING OF A.PLANE THAT CAME DOWN LAST Sunday SAM'. Piece of annotated aircraft fa
Small parian ware bust of General Charles Gordon as Governor of Sudan. 'GORDON' is embossed beneath the bust. The bust is not glazed but the base is. There are remains of gold paint on the top and bot
Small parian ware bust of General Charles Gordon as Governor of Sudan. 'GORDON' is embossed beneath the bust. The bust is not glazed but the base is. There are remains of gold paint on the top and bot
