cameras were not common during the first world war. as such post cards of portraits and the damage of the battlefield were common.Collection of black and white post cards and photographs. 20 post cards are of the township of Villers Brettoneux after the German shelling. 2 are of Australian Soldiers. One of the photos is written on, otherwise the post cards are unmarked and in good condition." Stanley and I taken in London August 1916.ww1, souvineer, post card, wark vc club

This flag was carried by B Coy and flown over the company HQ at all locations occupied by BCoy, including Gallipoli, Ypres and PozieresThis flag is connected to one of the two battalions that 5/6RVR derives its name.Flag in wooden frame on brown backing. The flag is a 6th Bn AIF colour patch( purple over red rectangles) with a large "B" barely visible after paint has been washed off . The flag itself is H 440mm x W 750mm A small card with "6 Battalion Royal Victoria Regiment" and RVR Badge printed on it and a hand written inscription is mounted below the flag.This flag was carried by B Coy and flown over the company HQ at all locations occupied by BCoy, including Gallipoli, Ypres and Pozieres.6bn, aif, ww1, colour patch, wark vc club, flag

Fabric backed colour map, with card cover that folds into a small book. Scale one inch= one mile.military, survey, map, tasmania, ww2, wark vc club

'Menin Gate at midnight' was painted by Will Longstaff to commemorate those soldiers with no marked graves on the Western Front during the First World War; also known as 'Ghosts of Menin Gate'. Longstaff attended a ceremony dedicating the Menin Gate memorial to the soldiers of the British empire forces, just outside the town of Ypres, Belgium, on 24 July 1927. The memorial was dedicated to the 350,000 men of the British and Empire forces who had died in battles around Ypres, and bears the names of 55,000 men with no known grave, over 6,000 of whom were Australians. Longstaff was profoundly moved by what he witnessed and that night, unable to sleep, Longstaff returned to Menin Road and later claimed to have had a vision of spirits of the dead rising out of the soil around him. On returning to his studio in London he painted 'Menin Gate at midnight' in a single session. Today 'Menin Gate at midnight' has achieved the status of a national icon. The painting retains its ability to provoke an emotional response and to communicate the scale of the loss of life and the devastation of war. However as people now have a very different understanding of war, the painting serves a slightly different function. Whereas in the past people responded to the painting as it related to the loss of a loved one and their own personal grief, now the painting communicates the loss experienced by a whole generation. The vast number of those who were killed, and the immensity of the damage wrought during the First World War, requires that those who sacrificed their lives should not be forgotten. Longstaff used well-known motifs to trigger emotion. His scarlet poppies are flowers that could be found in the Flanders fields, but they also carry the traditional connotations of shed blood and remembrance; they represent a floral blanket covering the bloodied bodies of unknown soldiers; at the same time, like the paper poppies worn on Remembrance Day, they are a tribute from the living to the dead. The portrayal of the steel-helmeted soldiers rising from the cornfields extends the range of visual emblems used by Longstaff: the plentiful harvest; the harvest of men; the steel-helmeted crosses covering the graves of many soldiers; and the helmeted bayonets raised in cheer and victory.ww1, menin gate, wark vc club

Framed photograph of the Queen c.1950swark vc club, queen elizabeth ii

Private Greg Sher was killer in action 4 Jan 2009 in Uruzgan province. Prior to being posted to 1 Commando he was posted to 5/6 RVR.Portrait of former member of 5/6 RVR Large Colour Print Portrait Gregory Michael Sher Limited addition no 63/200 war on terror, support company, 5/6 rvr, greg sher, wark vc club

Large varnished wooden board with crossed chromed shovel and pick. Inset above the crossed tools is a 5/6 Battalion shield shaped presentation plaque. wark vc club, support company, 5/6rvr, pioneers

Captured by 2/6 BN Signals in Benghazi Libya in February 1941Captured by 2/6 BN Signals in Benghazi Libya in February 1941Captured Italian Fascist flag mad of green, white and red cotton with black felt tip pen inscriptions on its white stripe." Taken at Bengasi Libya February 1941 By 2/6 BN. Signals VX3810 W.R. ANDERSON VX5124 CPL F. THOMPSON VX9552 O. HUTCHINS VX14051 Sig D.S. Beckwith VX 3900 RON. MERRY VX2418 R.F. PAIGE A. CLARKE VX3530 W.D. Whipp VX11631 Adelaide H.G. HOWARD VX1134 H.T. FRANCIS VX 5095 E. MOLESWORTH VX 14605 BRUNSWICK V. LUNN VX 3412 GEELONG WX 3588 X.A. HIGGINS VX 5037 S.A. PEMBERTON A.A.S. CAMERON GEELONG VX 4498 T. DOWNS VX15556 T.C. PETERSEN VX3661 B.W. SULLIVAN CARLTON PTE A.LONGHEED VX7589 St. Arnaud I.M. Cunningham VX 8416 ww2, 2/6 battalion, signals platoon, wark vc club

Shield shaped plaque made of timber varnished red. A large 1 Armoured Regiment badge is affixed to the centre of the plaque below a silver banner with 1st Armoured Regiment inscribed in it.wark vc club, plaque

Badge of pre curser unit to 5/6 RVRLarge carved wooden badge of the 6th Battalion city of Melbourne Regiment. The badge is painted green and metallic gold on the obvers, has the image of a Kangaroo located above a "6" centrally on a victory green background "City of Melbourne Regiment" and "Semper Paratus are caved into the badge and a Kings crown is located centrally atop of the badge. The reverse has "W McAllum" & " Youngman st. Preston " painted in green and "190549" hand cared into it.The reverse has "W McAllum" & " Youngman st. Preston " painted in green and "190549" hand cared into it.wark vc club, 6 battalion, melbourne rifles

Sign displayed at the 1 RVR O.R.'s club at Menin BarracksLaser cut aluminium sign. Sign has a green tinge and engavings show up silver against it 1 RVR O.R.'S CLUB MENIN AReswark vc club, 1rvr, menin barracks, ors club

Prior to being re roled into a rifle company, Support Company 5/6 RVR Occupied Menin Barracks Large hand painted perspex sign. Sign has a pale green background with " Support Company 5/6RVR painted in black letters around a large black and red colourpatch and colourised hat badge of the Royal Victoria Regimentwark vc club, 5/6 rvr, support company

This plaque was presented to the Student of Merit at 1 RVR and 5/6RVR Infantry Initial Employment Training Courses during the late 1980s Rectangular, varnished wooden plaque with 10 small brass plaques mounted to it, 4 of which contain enscriptions, I large enscribed brass plaque and an RVR Hat badge in its centre" 1 R.V.R. I.E.T COURSE TO STUDENT 1/86 PTE R.MELDER 1/87 PTE S. KENWERY 2/87 PTE J.A. BLASIC 5/6 RVR 1'88 PTE J. SIMEONI1rvr, wark vc club, iet, infantry

Likeley used by members of Pioneer Platoon Varnished pick handel with chromed ends wark vc club, support company, pioneers

representive of early ammunition used by colonial forcesblack, led ball with imperfections and filingwark vc club, colonial, musket

2 x 12.7mm rounds ( .50 cal ) with projectiles attached. One has been put into a tap and dye and has a threadded head, possibly for ysing as a second cocking handle on a Browning M2 MG, the other has had the base sanded to remove any markings SL 4 ? inert 400 june 94 wark vc club, ammunition, 12.7mm, m2, 50 cal, inert

wooden box with rope handles , metal brackets and a metal bracket to hold lid down.40 Grenades Aldershot Lot 548 7/58 Box No 4wark vc club, ces, ammunition