The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of General Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, the Commander-in-Chief of the German Army's Africa Corps, nicknamed 'The Desert Fox', surrounded by a group of Africa Corps soldiers. This photograph was printed from film taken from a captured German camera.
Army issue woollen blanket. The dark grey blanket has three light grey stripes approximately 6 cm in width that run along its length. In the top corner of the blanket there is white tag bearing the ma
Two circular pressed fibre identity discs attached by a piece of khaki fabric string. Both discs have a 4 mm mounting holes used to thread the string. One of the discs is dark brown. The obverse side
Black lightweight canvas kit bag with ten metal eyelets around the opening. A thin piece of rope is threaded through these to serve as a draw string. Written along the length of the bag in light brown
Hand knitted garter stitch khaki hood of the type worn under a helmet. The hood is knitted in a circular pattern and includes a chin strap that is permanently fixed to each side of the hood. Associa
Canvas and pressed fibre bag designed to carry maps. The bag is roughly rectangular, and has a canvas top flap secured by a pair of brass press studs. The bottom section of the bag is reinforced with
Other rank's unlined khaki wool serge service dress jacket pair with pleated breast pockets with triple pointed flaps and a pair of expanding pockets over each hip with straight flaps waist pockets. T
Informal portrait of Field Marshal Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel; image acquired during the Battle of El Alamein on 1 September 1942.
General Erwin Rommel Commander-in-Chief of the German Army's Africa Corps. General Rommel is standing in the front of his Adler staff car that carries a pennant and the numbers 681 painted on the fron
NORTH AFRICA, 1941-1943. FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL 'THE DESERT FOX', USING A FIELD TELEPHONE AT A DESERT BUNKER. (DONOR J.S. ARCHBOLD)
EUROPE, 1939-1944. FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL, 'THE DESERT FOX', ALIGHTING FROM A STAFF CAR. (DONOR J.S. ARCHBOLD)
NORTH AFRICA. C. 1941. FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL, COMMANDER OF THE GERMAN AFRICA KORPS, WITH SOME OF HIS OFFICERS. (DONOR: M. JOHNSON)
TOBRUK, LIBYA, 1942. GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE GERMAN AFRIKA KORPS WATCHING OPERATIONS AT TOBRUK.
