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Souvenir - Burma Rail Bridge Bolt & Railway Spikes.On wooden plaque

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Physical description

Plaque with metal railway bridge bolt and 2 metal railway line spikes.Spikes have lip on top to hold rail lines down with chisel shaped ends to by driven into sleepers. Metal bolt used to hold railway sleepers to bridges

Inscriptions & markings

No markings on spikes or bolt. Plaque brass plate engraved-:
BURMA RAILWAY BRIDGE BOLT
&
RAILWAY SPIKES
Recovered 1987 By
Ex P.O.W V.X. 30397
BILL TOON

Approximatly 7,000 Australians Lost Their Lives Building This Railway Line 1942-1945.

Identifier

0178

Materials

Wooden plaque cast iron rail spikes and bolt.

Measurements

Length: 50 centimetres, Width: 31 centimetres, Depth: 6 centimetres

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Victorian Collections

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/583e3af3d0ce321cd4b5241e

Accessed 22 November 2024

This record was last updated one year ago

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