Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Decorative object - Brass Cuckoo Clock without movement, 1914/19
Item presumed bought in France by 5848 Pte Bristow 6 - LOND - R whilst on war like duties in france during WWIA brass Cuckoo clock housing without the movement. The housing in mounted on a wooden plinth with a .303 (innocuous) cartridges use a decorative columns on each side of the house/ a round opening for the face of the clock / ornate fascia resembling that on a Swiss Mountain Cottage/ on the back is a metal door with broken hingesOn the fascia is engraved the the words "SOUVENIR & FRANCE" / at the apex of the fascia is engraved "19914 - 1919" / on the front panel each side of the clock hole are engraved for-get-me-not flowers and the etched with shape resembling roof slates. miliataria