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1 x 1939 - 1945 War Medal. 1 x 1939 - 1945 Australian Service Medal.

War Medal shows crowned effigy of King George V1 on obverse. Reverse shows a lion standing on a double headed dragon. The Service # V75911 on edge. Australian Service Medal shows the Crown of St. Edward on obverse. Reverse shows Australian Coat of Arms with Australia Service Medal surrounding. Service # V75911 on edge. William Itzerott.

1 x 1939 -45 Star. 1 x Pacific Star. 1 x 1939 - 1945 Australian Service Medal. 1 x 1939 - 1945 War Medal.

The Star Medals are inscribed on the reverse with the name Itzerott A R and service #401750. The Australian Service Medal shows the Crown of St. Edward ,modified Coat of Arms surmounted by the Australian Defense Force Joint Service emblem. Service # 401750 on edge. The 1939 1945 War Medal shows an effigy of King George the V1. The reverse shows a lion standing on a double headed dragon with the dates 1939 - 1945. Service # 401750 on edge.

5 x Soviet USSR Medals commemorating the various Jubilee,s after WW11.

1 x Medal " For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945". Awarded for 1 year of wartime labour. 1 x Jubilee Medal for " Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945". Awarded for Participation in World War 2 in the Soviet Armed Forces. 1 x Jubilee Medal for " Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945". Awar ded for Participation in World War 2 in the Soviet Armed Forces. 1 x Jubilee Medal for " Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 - 1945". Awarded for Participation in World War 2 in the Soviet Armed Forces. 1 x Medal " In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad". Awarded for Wartime and peacetime service to the City of Leningrad".

Purple Heart with ribbon,colour bar and lapel bar in presention case.

For Military Merit on back. George Washington on front.

Medals x 2

British War Medal & Victory Medal The British War Medal has an effigy of George V on the obverse. The reverse has an image of St. George on horseback trampling the eagle shield and the skull and crossbones, the emblems of death. Above this is the risen sun of victory. The years 1914 and 1918 are contained on the outside edge medal. The Victory Medal is bronze with a figure of Victory on the obverse. The reverse has the inscription The Great War For Civilisation surrounded by a laurel wreath.

Certificate on paper. Pay Books card covered paper.

Hand Beaten Brass Plaque

Anchor one end, number 1 the other end and Japanese writing in the middle

The poem was written in 1942 by Jan Remco Theodoor Campert before he and seventeen other Dutch Resistance Fighters were condemed to death. Jan Campert was a Dutch journalist ,theatre critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German Occupation of the Netherlands in World War ii he was arrested for aiding the Jews. He was held in the Neuengamme concentration camp where he died in 1943.

Wooden framed poem.

On rear of object - Donated by W.J.L. Verhoef Sen. To honor those resistance fighters who offered their lives during the years 1940 -1945 so we could live in freedom and peace. On the day of the official opening of this centre. September 26th 1987.

2 x Brass Ashtrays made from 1941 Ammunition

Lot 1739 ECC 25Pr 1941

The Efficient Service Medal was instituted in 1930 and awarded to non - commissioned officers and men of the Citizens Military Forces for 12 years of efficient service.

2/5 Field Regiment Lapel Badge and Hat Badge Efficient Service Medal Queen Elizabeth 2nd on front - For Efficient Service on rear.

Cast iron sculpture of soldier. Standing to attention with rifle beside. .

Oil painting of soldiers in the trenches.

soldiers.

Rail Spike from Thai-Burma Railway

The steam yacht Titania of the Royal London Yacht Club depicted in the painting was a luxury steam propelled cruising yacht sailing from London to America and various locations throughout the world. She was captained by Captain Gordon Trent Chambers. During Operation Dynamo the Titania was employed transporting soldiers from Dunkirk and therefore was instrumental for saving many lives.

Gilded wooden frame with painting of Steam Yacht Titania.

S Y Titania on left front bottom. L. Papaluca (artist) on right front bottom.

The cargo ship" Egyptian Transport" depicted in the painting was a cargo ship landing in Sydney Australia and transporting supplies via Honolulu America to the Western front. She was Captained by Captain Gordon Trent Chambers. He later Captained a vessel in 1940, the Titania used during Operation Dynamo rescuing British soldiers from Dunkirk in France. The painting is an original by L. Papaluca a renowned painter of ocean vessels.

Gilded wooden frame with painting of S.S. Egyptian Transport.

Inscribed on bow "Egyptian Transport".

Painting of traditional poppies in a vase with a gold frame.

Canvas document folder with metal frame. Contents include maps of Gembrook ( Victoria ) and Shoalwater Bay ( Queensland ).

Name inscribed on front " L . Chambers."

Unconditional surrender of Japan.

Translation pamphlet used by coalition forces in Iraq for IED detection.

Used by a member of Dandenong RSL during two tours of Iraq.

Fold out pamphlet to provide survival level language skills in words and pictures

operation bastille, operation falconer, iraq war