Functional object - Vehicle Identification Plate, metal, Post WWII

Historical information

Identification plate is for the Royal Australian Mechanical and Electrical engineers (RAME), 3rd Military District, vehicle number 743.

Significance

Vehicle identification plate used by the Australian Army.

Physical description

Small square shaped steel metal plate. Khaki coloured paint on rear face. Blue, yelow and red horizontal painted stripes on the front face. White coloured numbers with a narrow horizontal white line painted on front face. Small hole drilled through the plate on the top.

Inscriptions & markings

Horizontal blue, yelow and red horizontal stripes. Number 3 on top of a narrow horizontal white line with the numbers 743 underneath.

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