The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Handmade rectangular wooden cribbage board topped with a perforated alloy plate. The plate is engraved with the Australian coat of arms in the centre, in which the shield and crown elements have been coloured. To the left and the right of the coat of arms is engraved an ornate initial letter 'R'. Two holes in the right hand end of the board, concealed by a small pivoting alloy plate, contain four small copper scoring pegs. The base of the board is covered with green felt.
This cribbage board was handmade in Changi by R C Shelton from material scavenged from buildings destroyed by Japanese bombing. The wooden base plate was cut from a rifle rack in Selarang Barracks and the green felt came from billiard tables at the same location. The alloy top plate came from a crashed Japanese bomber. The six small copper screws which attach the top plate came from Changi town. The pivoting alloy peg storage cover came from an electric fan and the copper scoring pegs from a lightning conductor tower, both in Changi Gaol. Engraving tools were handmade from broken dental drills with wooden handles cut from rubber trees (see REL25173.002). The engraving was self taught. The initials 'R' are those of the maker and his wife.
Hand carved tapered wooden handled tool, with simple round steel pin engraver mounted in the narrower end. The engraving pin has a bevelled cutting edge. This engraving tool was handmade in Changi G
Handmade wooden cribbage board with stepped upper and lower edges. An aluminium plate, also stepped, has been attached to the wood with steel pins. After attachment to the wood the plate has been punc
Hand carved tapered wooden handled tool, with simple round steel pin engraver mounted in the narrower end. The engraving pin has a bevelled cutting edge. This engraving tool was handmade in Changi G
Hand engraved aluminium cribbage board mounted on wood. There is a small aluminium plate screwed to each end of the board that swivels to reveal a storage space for the scoring pegs. The top plate is
Hand engraved aluminium cribbage board mounted on wood. There is a small aluminium plate screwed to the end of each board, which swivels to reveal the peg storage. THe top plate is punched with standa
Handmade aluminium cribbage board with four panels of punched out holes for the pegs, grouped in three sets of ten holes for each panel. The board is hand engraved with a thatched hut, palm trees and
Handmade wood and aluminium cribbage board with two boomerang shaped panels of punched out holes for the pegs. There are 60 holes in each boomerang. The board has a cut-out aluminium card suit in ea