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Sweetheart Rising Sun Shell Pendant

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c. 1917

Overview

Carved flat, shell pendant depicting rising sun cockade around a carved crown with a banner underneath engraved with ‘AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES’.

Historical information

This engraved shell was purchased by Shoeing Smith Charles John Gordon whilst serving overseas in the Australia Imperial Forces (AIF) during the First World War.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2017.21.6

Themes

Art and Design
People
Social History
War and Conflict

Material

Pearl (Animal Material)

Width

42 mm

Height or length

31 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Engraved with ‘AUSTRALIAN/COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES’

Contextual Information

Charles John Gordon was born in Pingelly WA and enlisted at Blackboy Hill Camp in the 27th February 1917. With previous service in the 25th Light Horse Regiment prior to the First World War, he was attached to the 1st Light Horseman as part of the 1st Machine Gun Squadron 4th Reinforcements. He left Australia from Melbourne on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth and return to Australia on 15th May 1919.
Charles has a connection with Major Herbert Bowen Hamlin in regards to the 25th Light Horse Regiment in Pingelly.

Keywords

First World War

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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-35.030449, 117.912878

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Sweetheart Rising Sun Shell Pendant (front)

Front view of Sweetheart Rising Sun Pendant carved out of shell.

Sweetheart Rising Sun Shell Pendant (back)

Back view of Sweetheart Rising Sun Pendant carved out of shell.

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