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Orbost & District Historical Society
wheel
... leather belt to a smaller driving wheels on the sewing machine.... wheel on the treadle frame, connected by a thin leather belt ...Many of the early sewing machines were powered by a treadle mechanism. The treadle was operated by pressing down on it with a foot, or both feet, to cause a rocking movement. This movement spins a large wheel on the treadle frame, connected by a thin leather belt to a smaller driving wheels on the sewing machine.A treadle sewing machine flywheel mad of cast iron. It is three tangent circles within a larger circle.3treadle sewing-machine flywheel -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Cart harness
... to cart. Leather belts form a cross in the centre and are attached... to attach horse to cart. Leather belts form a cross in the centre ...Leather, chain and wood harness used to attach horse to cart. Leather belts form a cross in the centre and are attached to chain. Large metal hooks attach cylindrical wooden part to chain.No visible markingsrural industry, agriculture, horse, cart, harness, leather, chain, wood, jessie, farming, dairy. -
Friends of Westgarthtown
Blinkers, horse
... leather belts to go over horses head and neck, steel chain... head. Two leather belts to go over horses head and neck, steel ...Leather and steel bridle, with leather blinkers and nose strap. Blinkers are domed for extra space against head. Two leather belts to go over horses head and neck, steel chain at bottom.No visible markingsrural industry, agriculture, bridle, blinker, horse, farm, plough, leather, steel -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Ephemera, 1918
... . Cicero / Tree and leather belt emblem /Back reads The Royal... arbores quae alteri seculo Prosint. Cicero / Tree and leather belt ...This medal belonged to Matthew H Rowe who was a member of the VSF staff from late 1920's.MedalFront reads : serit arbores quae alteri seculo Prosint. Cicero / Tree and leather belt emblem /Back reads The Royal English Arboricultural Society and inscribed 'Awarded to M. H. Rowe for an essay on the Intermediate Estate 1918 -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Ephemera, 1918
... . Cicero / Tree and leather belt emblem /Back reads The Royal... alteri seculo Prosint. Cicero / Tree and leather belt emblem ...This medal belonged to Matthew H Rowe who was a member of the VSF staff from late 1920's.MedalFront reads : serit arbores quae alteri seculo Prosint. Cicero / Tree and leather belt emblem /Back reads The Royal English Arboricultural Society and inscribed 'Awarded to M. H. Rowe for an essay on the Estate Nursery 1918. -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Equipment, Circa 1970s
... Leather cartridge belt with brass buckle. Designed to carry... melbourne Equipment Leather cartridge belt with brass buckle ...Leather cartridge belt with brass buckle. Designed to carry shotgun shells. -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - AMMUNITION BANDOLIER, C. 1900’s onwards
... Leather, shoulder belt with 12 leather pouches sewn onto... goldfields AMMUNITION BANDOLIER Equipment Leather, shoulder belt ...Leather, shoulder belt with 12 leather pouches sewn onto belt. Brass buckle closer & brass studs to secure flaps on pouches.Rear of belt stamped in black ink: “CS”arms - accessories, leather, brass, passchendaele barracks trust -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Uniform - Scout Leader outfit, Scout Association of Victoria, 1980s
... holdfast (woggle). And leather belt with metal clasp with Scout... scarf, with braid and vinyl holdfast (woggle). And leather belt ...Uniform of a Victorian Branch Commissioner, with blue epaulettes and a green and yellow bread scarf. The uniform was worn by Dr. Geoffrey E. Miles (b.1928) a Scout at 2nd Kew, the Scout Troop affiliated with Trinity Grammar School. He was subsequently an Assistant Scout Master (ASM) at 2nd Kew and was later Group [Scout Master (GSM) in charge of the 4th Kew Scout Group. At one time the Victorian Branch Commissioner for Health, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for services to Scouting in 1993.Short-sleeved, collarless fabric shirt of khaki color, with embroidered badges. Also fabric neck scarf, with braid and vinyl holdfast (woggle). And leather belt with metal clasp with Scout design and a number of enamelled badges.scouts, 2nd kew scouts, geoffrey e. miles, trinity grammar school, 4th kew scouts -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Bandoleer WWI used by mounted troops
... Brown leather bandoleer Belt type with 5 ammunition pouches... melbourne Bandoleer WWI used by mounted troops Brown leather ...Donor believed it to beWorn by members of Australian Light Horse WWI, Subsequent comment however reports that 50 Round Bandolier, P. 1903, and was used by mounted troops OTHER THAN LIGHT HORSE, such as Artillery, Service Corps, Engineers etc. It is NOT a Light Horse item.Light Horse wore a Pattern 30pattern bandolier. This has 9 pouches, each holding 10 rounds each, thus a total of 150 rounds of .303" were carriedBrown leather bandoleer Belt type with 5 ammunition pouches and brass buckles -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Equipment
... Full leather ammunition belt Finnish/Danish 5 pouches... melbourne Equipment Full leather ammunition belt Finnish/Danish 5 ...Full leather ammunition belt Finnish/Danish 5 pouches brass buckle -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment - Equipment, Army, Belt with Buckle
... Black leather belt. Buckle VIETNAM VETERAN in black, green... leather belt. Buckle VIETNAM VETERAN in black, green and white ...Black leather belt. Buckle VIETNAM VETERAN in black, green and white bar with Republic of Vietnam Service fill on Metal Buckle. Plaque on reverse has statement re dedication a shield (Bergamot) top Y52 on circlePlaque on reverse has statement re dedication a shield (Bergamot) top Y52 on circlebelt, republic of vietnam -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, CIRCA 1914/18
... WAR. PLUMED HAT, SHOULDER STRAP, LEATHER BELT AND LEGGINGS.... PLUMED HAT, SHOULDER STRAP, LEATHER BELT AND LEGGINGS, PLUS ARM ...ORIGINAL LIGHT SEPIA TONED PHOTOGRAPH OF O. POSTLEWAITE STUDIO PHOTO. SUBJECT WEARING A LIGHT HORSE UNIFORM 1ST. WORLD WAR. PLUMED HAT, SHOULDER STRAP, LEATHER BELT AND LEGGINGS, PLUS ARM INSIGNIA.POSTCARD O. POSTLEWAITE.local history, photography, photographs, military -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Ammunition Belt, Circa. 1940s
... Brown leather ammunition belt. Has 5 ammunition pouches... Dandenong melbourne Ammunition Belt. Brown leather ammunition belt ...Brown leather ammunition belt. Has 5 ammunition pouches with brass buckles. WWII. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
X-Ray Apron
... metal sheet, brown leather belt and buckle attached. Canvas... canvas cover over flexible metal sheet, brown leather belt ...This X-Ray apron was donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the family of Doctor William Roy Angus, Surgeon and Oculist. It is part of the “W.R. Angus Collection” that includes historical medical equipment, surgical instruments and material once belonging to Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Thomas Francis Ryan, (both of Nhill, Victoria) as well as Dr Angus’ own belongings. The Collection’s history spans the medical practices of the two Doctors Ryan, from 1885-1926 plus that of Dr Angus, up until 1969. ABOUT THE “W.R.ANGUS COLLECTION” Doctor William Roy Angus M.B., B.S., Adel., 1923, F.R.C.S. Edin.,1928 (also known as Dr Roy Angus) was born in Murrumbeena, Victoria in 1901 and lived until 1970. He qualified as a doctor in 1923 at University of Adelaide, was Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1924 and for a period was house surgeon to Sir (then Mr.) Henry Simpson Newland. Dr Angus was briefly an Assistant to Dr Riddell of Kapunda, then commenced private practice at Curramulka, Yorke Peninsula, SA, where he was physician, surgeon and chemist. In 1926, he was appointed as new Medical Assistant to Dr Thomas Francis Ryan (T.F. Ryan, or Tom), in Nhill, Victoria, where his experiences included radiology and pharmacy. In 1927 he was Acting House Surgeon in Dr Tom Ryan’s absence. Dr Angus had become engaged to Gladys Forsyth and they decided he would take time to further his studies overseas in the UK in 1927. He studied at London University College Hospital and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and in 1928, was awarded FRCS (Fellow from the Royal College of Surgeons), Edinburgh. He worked his passage back to Australia as a Ship’s Surgeon on the on the Australian Commonwealth Line’s T.S.S. Largs Bay. Dr Angus married Gladys in 1929, in Ballarat. (They went on to have one son (Graham 1932, born in SA) and two daughters (Helen (died 12/07/1996) and Berenice (Berry), both born at Mira, Nhill ) Dr Angus was a ‘flying doctor’ for the A.I.M. (Australian Inland Ministry) Aerial Medical Service in 1928 . The organisation began in South Australia through the Presbyterian Church in that year, with its first station being in the remote town of Oodnadatta, where Dr Angus was stationed. He was locum tenens there on North-South Railway at 21 Mile Camp. He took up this ‘flying doctor’ position in response to a call from Dr John Flynn; the organisation was later known as the Flying Doctor Service, then the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A lot of his work during this time involved dental surgery also. Between 1928-1932 he was surgeon at the Curramulka Hospital, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. In 1933 Dr Angus returned to Nhill where he’d previously worked as Medical Assistant and purchased a share of the Nelson Street practice and Mira hospital from Dr Les Middleton one of the Middleton Brothers, the current owners of what was once Dr Tom Ryan’s practice. Dr L Middleton was House Surgeon to the Nhill Hospital 1926-1933, when he resigned. [Dr Tom Ryan’s practice had originally belonged to his older brother Dr Edward Ryan, who came to Nhill in 1885. Dr Edward saw patients at his rooms, firstly in Victoria Street and in 1886 in Nelson Street, until 1901. The Nelson Street practice also had a 2 bed ward, called Mira Private Hospital ). Dr Edward Ryan was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1884-1902 . He also had occasions where he successfully performed veterinary surgery for the local farmers too. Dr Tom Ryan then purchased the practice from his brother in 1901. Both Dr Edward and Dr Tom Ryan work as surgeons included eye surgery. Dr Tom Ryan performed many of his operations in the Mira private hospital on his premises. He too was House Surgeon at the Nhill Hospital 1902-1926. Dr Tom Ryan had one of the only two pieces of radiology equipment in Victoria during his practicing years – The Royal Melbourne Hospital had the other one. Over the years Dr Tom Ryan gradually set up what was effectively a training school for country general-practitioner-surgeons. Each patient was carefully examined, including using the X-ray machine, and any surgery was discussed and planned with Dr Ryan’s assistants several days in advance. Dr Angus gained experience in using the X-ray machine there during his time as assistant to Dr Ryan. Dr Tom Ryan moved from Nhill in 1926. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1927, soon after its formation, a rare accolade for a doctor outside any of the major cities. He remained a bachelor and died suddenly on 7th Dec 1955, aged 91, at his home in Ararat. Scholarships and prizes are still awarded to medical students in the honour of Dr T.F. Ryan and his father, Dr Michael Ryan, and brother, John Patrick Ryan. ] When Dr Angus bought into the Nelson Street premises in Nhill he was also appointed as the Nhill Hospital’s Honorary House Surgeon 1933-1938. His practitioner’s plate from his Nhill surgery states “HOURS Daily, except Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturday afternoons, 9-10am, 2-4pm, 7-8pm. Sundays by appointment”. This plate is now mounted on the doorway to the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, Warrnambool. Dr Edward Ryan and Dr Tom Ryan had an extensive collection of historical medical equipment and materials spanning 1884-1926 and when Dr Angus took up practice in their old premises he obtained this collection, a large part of which is now on display at the Port Medical Office at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village in Warrnambool. During his time in Nhill Dr Angus was involved in the merging of the Mira Hospital and Nhill Public Hospital into one public hospital and the property titles passed on to Nhill Hospital in 1939. In 1939 Dr Angus and his family moved to Warrnambool where he purchased “Birchwood,” the 1852 home and medical practice of Dr John Hunter Henderson, at 214 Koroit Street. (This property was sold in1965 to the State Government and is now the site of the Warrnambool Police Station. ). The Angus family was able to afford gardeners, cooks and maids; their home was a popular place for visiting dignitaries to stay whilst visiting Warrnambool. Dr Angus had his own silk worm farm at home in a Mulberry tree. His young daughter used his centrifuge for spinning the silk. Dr Angus was appointed on a part-time basis as Port Medical Officer (Health Officer) in Warrnambool and held this position until the 1940’s when the government no longer required the service of a Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool; he was thus Warrnambool’s last serving Port Medical Officer. (The duties of a Port Medical Officer were outlined by the Colonial Secretary on 21st June, 1839 under the terms of the Quarantine Act. Masters of immigrant ships arriving in port reported incidents of diseases, illness and death and the Port Medical Officer made a decision on whether the ship required Quarantine and for how long, in this way preventing contagious illness from spreading from new immigrants to the residents already in the colony.) Dr Angus was a member of the Australian Medical Association, for 35 years and surgeon at the Warrnambool Base Hospital 1939-1942, He served as a Surgeon Captain during WWII1942-45, in Ballarat, Victoria, and in Bonegilla, N.S.W., completing his service just before the end of the war due to suffering from a heart attack. During his convalescence he carved an intricate and ‘most artistic’ chess set from the material that dentures were made from. He then studied ophthalmology at the Royal Melbourne Eye and Ear Hospital and created cosmetically superior artificial eyes by pioneering using the intrascleral cartilage. Angus received accolades from the Ophthalmological Society of Australasia for this work. He returned to Warrnambool to commence practice as an ophthalmologist, pioneering in artificial eye improvements. He was Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist to Warrnambool Base Hospital for 31 years. He made monthly visits to Portland as a visiting surgeon, to perform eye surgery. He represented the Victorian South-West subdivision of the Australian Medical Association as its secretary between 1949 and 1956 and as chairman from 1956 to 1958. In 1968 Dr Angus was elected member of Spain’s Barraquer Institute of Barcelona after his research work in Intrasclearal cartilage grafting, becoming one of the few Australian ophthalmologists to receive this honour, and in the following year presented his final paper on Living Intrasclearal Cartilage Implants at the Inaugural Meeting of the Australian College of Ophthalmologists in Melbourne In his personal life Dr Angus was a Presbyterian and treated Sunday as a Sabbath, a day of rest. He would visit 3 or 4 country patients on a Sunday, taking his children along ‘for the ride’ and to visit with him. Sunday evenings he would play the pianola and sing Scottish songs to his family. One of Dr Angus’ patients was Margaret MacKenzie, author of a book on local shipwrecks that she’d seen as an eye witness from the late 1880’s in Peterborough, Victoria. In the early 1950’s Dr Angus, painted a picture of a shipwreck for the cover jacket of Margaret’s book, Shipwrecks and More Shipwrecks. She was blind in later life and her daughter wrote the actual book for her. Dr Angus and his wife Gladys were very involved in Warrnambool’s society with a strong interest in civic affairs. Their interests included organisations such as Red Cross, Rostrum, Warrnambool and District Historical Society (founding members), Wine and Food Society, Steering Committee for Tertiary Education in Warrnambool, Local National Trust, Good Neighbour Council, Housing Commission Advisory Board, United Services Institute, Legion of Ex-Servicemen, Olympic Pool Committee, Food for Britain Organisation, Warrnambool Hospital, Anti-Cancer Council, Boys’ Club, Charitable Council, National Fitness Council and Air Raid Precautions Group. He was also a member of the Steam Preservation Society and derived much pleasure from a steam traction engine on his farm. He had an interest in people and the community He and his wife Gladys were both involved in the creation of Flagstaff Hill, including the layout of the gardens. After his death (28th March 1970) his family requested his practitioner’s plate, medical instruments and some personal belongings be displayed in the Port Medical Office surgery at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village, and be called the “W. R. Angus Collection”. The W.R. Angus Collection is significant for still being located at the site it is connected with, Doctor Angus being the last Port Medical Officer in Warrnambool. The collection of medical instruments and other equipment is culturally significant, being an historical example of medicine from late 19th to mid-20th century. Dr Angus assisted Dr Tom Ryan, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and in ocular surgery. X-Ray apron, light coloured canvas cover over flexible metal sheet, brown leather belt and buckle attached. Canvas is hand stitched; has a hole in it. Hand printed in black "X-RAY APRON" (W.R. Angus Collection) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, dr w r angus, dr ryan, surgical instrument, t.s.s. largs bay, warrnambool base hospital, nhill base hospital, mira hospital, flying doctor, medical treatment, medical history, medical education, medical text book, x-ray apron, x0ray protection, e-ray equipment -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - NOSE BAG WW1, 1910 - 15 (estimated)
... a canvas section sewn to a heavy leather belt adjustable on the one... strap combining a canvas section sewn to a heavy leather belt ...Item issued to Frank Levy (Major) served pre WW1 and AIF in the Light Horse and Artillery. Refer Cat No 1924.2 for his service history.Horse Nose Bag made from heavy duty canvas, round shape, has 8 holes via metal studs. The bag has one strap combining a canvas section sewn to a heavy leather belt adjustable on the one end."F LEVY"transport - horse, military history, trades - leatherworking -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - POUCH WITH BELT
... .1) Dark Brown Leather Belt with a Brass Buckle Featuring... goldfields POUCH WITH BELT Equipment .1) Dark Brown Leather Belt ....1) Dark Brown Leather Belt with a Brass Buckle Featuring an Eagle and cross one brass star mounted on the belt .2) Brown leather pouch with a leather closer Silver stud attached as a clasp Three leather loops on back to attach to the beltmilitary-equipment, leatherwork -
Orbost & District Historical Society
belt, mid 20th century
... A brown leather belt with two badges attached. it has... gippsland belt A brown leather belt with two badges attached. it has ...This belt with badges was owned and worn by Nancye Wallace (nee Warren) as a Girl Guide leader in Orbost. The badges indicate that she took part residential camps as part of her membership. she continued in the Guiding movement as an adult leader.Established in 1910, Girl Guiding is now one of the largest all female organisations in the world. It is designed for girls, young and not-so-young women to join and enjoy a program of informal learning, opportunities, fun, personal development and friendship. (ref. Girl Guides Victoria). This whistle used by an Orbost local reflects the history of that organisation in Orbost.A brown leather belt with two badges attached. it has a silver metal buckle engraved with "Girl Guides association Be Prepared" and their emblem. One badge is a black and yellow Camp Kindaminda badge and the other a rectangular blue, green and gold Victoria Camp badge.Inside belt in black - N WALLACE ORBOSTbadges girl-guide-belt -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Belt
... Leather Brown Equipmet Belt (Missing Buckle)... Leather Brown Equipmet Belt (Missing Buckle) Equipment Boer War ...Leather Brown Equipmet Belt (Missing Buckle)equipment, boer war, army -
J. Ward Museum Complex
Equipment - Patient Restraint Belt, Mechanical Device
... The black and tan leather belt consists of two parts... The black and tan leather belt consists of two parts. The first ...In a medical context, restraint is defined as forcible confinement or control of a subject, as of a confused, disoriented, psychotic, or irrational person. It is also an intentional restriction of a person’s voluntary movement or behaviour. Within the mental health sector restraint belts were used frequently particularly before the invention of psychotropic drugs.The leather restraint belt is significant as an intact example of restraint devices used in the earlier decades of Victorian mental health institutions.The black and tan leather belt consists of two parts. The first wraps around the waist and is secured with a brass buckle and perforated holes. The second consists of two small belts attached to the main belt. These also have brass buckles and perforated holes and secured at the wrist.No serial numbers, manufacturer details or personal markings.restraint belt, medical history, psychiatric history, mental health -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
Belt
... Belt brown leather... Belgrave RSL Sub Branch 1 Mast Gully Road Upwey melbourne Belt Belt ...Belt brown leatherequipment, general -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Souvenir - money belt
... Leather money belt with attached buttons, badges and metal... melbourne money belt Souvenir Leather money belt with attached ...Example of a souvenir belt decorated with regimental buttons and regimental metal shoulder titles and brought home at the end of the war.Leather money belt with attached buttons, badges and metal shoulder titles from World War One.world war one, wwi, souvenir, belt, badges -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Uniform - Sam Browne belt
... Brown leather Sam Browne belt with sword frog... melbourne Sam Browne belt Uniform Brown leather Sam Browne belt ...Brown leather Sam Browne belt with sword froguniform, belt, sword -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Uniform - Sam Browne belt, Allard
... Brown leather Sam Browne belt with shoulder strap... melbourne Sam Browne belt, Allard Uniform Brown leather Sam Browne ...This belt was part of the Allard collection.Brown leather Sam Browne belt with shoulder strapuniform, sam browne, belt -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Functional object - Folding knife pouch
... Small leather pouch belt mounted all leather brass stud... belt mounted all leather brass stud on front for fastening fold ...Manufactured by Holden and Frost for military useManufactured by Holden and Frost Ca 1907Small leather pouch belt mounted all leather brass stud on front for fastening fold over coverHolden and Frost Adelaide CMF - NSW 07military, leather, knife pouch -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, ROGER PURCELL, 1994
... . UNIFORM, SLOUCH HAT, LEATHER AMMUNITION BELT AND LEGGINGS..... B. WICKHAM, WEARING 1ST A.I.F. UNIFORM, SLOUCH HAT, LEATHER ...COPY OF PHOTOGRAPH OF T. B. WICKHAM, WEARING 1ST A.I.F. UNIFORM, SLOUCH HAT, LEATHER AMMUNITION BELT AND LEGGINGS.local history, photography, photographs, military -
Woodend RSL
Military Drum Belt, Mid 20th Century
... Wide leather belt with two silver buckles and two straps... Wide leather belt with two silver buckles and two straps ...Representative of Mid 20th Century Military Brass Band regalia for drum section. Wide leather belt with two silver buckles and two straps with nine belt holes to each. Belt loop with secured metal stud at centre exterior. Two metal studs securing each buckle to exterior of belt. Dark brown stain to leather. Leather surface has a well worn patina. apparel, belt, drums, drummer, military brass band, regalia -
Bendigo Military Museum
Equipment - STIRRUPS
... of arch is a slot of 3.5 cm wide, this is for the belt. Leather... of arch is a slot of 3.5 cm wide, this is for the belt. Leather ...Item in the collection relating to Edward Judd, refer Cat No 7410 for his service details.1.& 2. Chrome plated, moulded iron stirrup. It has the arch over the top and twin base 'rails' for under foot. On top of arch is a slot of 3.5 cm wide, this is for the belt. Leather belt and buckle for the stirrup. The belt is 2.5 cm wide and 5mm thick. The buckle is chrome plated iron.horse equipment, saddlery, stirrups -
Ballarat RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Bayonet & Scabbard
... Bayonet and scabbard in tan leather, white stitched belt... goldfields Bayonet & Scabbard Bayonet and scabbard in tan leather ...Bayonet and scabbard in tan leather, white stitched belt holderweapons, ballarat rsl, ballarat -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - BELT, C. 1915 -18
... Leather belt with rounded end and hooked clasp on the other... goldfields BELT Uniform Leather belt with rounded end and hooked ...Leather belt with rounded end and hooked clasp on the other. Two world war one buckles are attached. One in German and the other Turkish. the German buckle features a crown and the words "Gott Mit Uns" and is made from steel. The Turkish buckle features a crescent and star with writing Arabic and in made from brass. Makers name (indecipherable) “Mannhein/1915/96” stamped on end of belt. uniform, german, turkish, belts, buckles -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Clothing, Warrnambool Urban Fire Brigade Belt, Mid 20th century
... This is a brown leather belt with a gold metal buckle... Warrnambool Urban Fire Brigade Belt This is a brown leather belt ...This belt was worn with the jacket issued to members of the Warrnambool Fire Brigade in the mid 20th century. The jacket was part of the uniform that served both as a dress uniform and a work uniform. The Warrnambool Fire Brigade was formed in 1863 following unsuccessful attempts to establish a permanent fire service in the town. It was prompted by a fire at the Flying Buck Hotel in Liebig Street. The Warrnambool Fire Brigade, now located on the Mortlake Road, has been successful in Victorian Fire Brigade competitions and demonstrations, particularly in the 19th century. The owner of the belt and uniform was John (Jack) Sizeland, a member of the Warrnambool Fire Brigade for over 37 years. This belt is of interest as it was part of a Warrnambool Fire Brigade uniform during the second half of the 20th century. It also has individual local provenance as it belonged to Jack Sizeland, a member of the Warrnambool Fire Brigade who retired in 1977 after 37 years of service. This is a brown leather belt with a gold metal buckle and nine punched holes on the buckle, two of them hand-punched. It has a leather attachment to keep the belt end in place. It has the name of the owner, John Sizeland, written in biro on the inside of the belt. This belt is meant to be worn with the Warrnambool Fire Brigade jacket with the brass buttons. ‘J. Sizeland, W’bool’warrnambool fire brigade, jack sizeland, history of warrnambool