The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of the late Nurse Edith Cavell, advertising Peace Bonds for sale. Edith Cavell (1865-1915) was a British nurse executed by the Germans for helping hundreds of Allied soldiers flee occupied Belgium for the Netherlands. Upon arrest she was charged with harbouring Allied soldiers, despite also having helped save the lives of German soldiers. Her subsequent execution received worldwide press coverage, making Cavell the most prominant First World War female casualty within the United Kingdom. Military recruitment propaganda adopted her as an iconic figure who epitomised ideal feminine qualities of compassion matched wtih heroism. Despite being aged 49 when she died, propaganda often depicted her as a younger woman. Stories of her life omitted anything that didn't fit the dignified and heroic persona extolled by the media.
Belgian First World War proclamation poster announcing the punishment of various people for treason. Six of these were sentenced to death, with a further four sentenced to hard labour. Of particular n
Australian First World War poster depicting a menacing German officer, arms folded, standing over the body Nurse Edith Cavell (a British nurse in executed by the Germans on suspicion of being a spy),
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED FNM FRCNA is the first sculpture to commemorate the service of an individual woman or nurse in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial. It was co
United States Red Cross poster promoting a Christmas drive, and featuring a Red Cross nurse with her hand outstretched to the viewer, and U.S. soldiers marching in the background. The nurse is dressed
Rectangular sterling silver cigarette case with pressure clasp and spring hinge. The gilded interior is fitted with retaining elastics to both sides and has sterling silver hallmarks. The hallmarks de
Polish post-First World War poster for the Red Cross. The Polish Red Cross, Polski Czerwony Krzyz in Polish, abbreviated to PCK, was founded in 1919 by Dr. Benjamin Reschovsky of Warsaw City Hospital
