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City of Melville Museums > Records

War Trench Art - Model Yacht, 1941

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1941

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Melville Municipal Collection

Overview

A model yacht made out of split brass artillery shell casing (WWII). Also shows a Australian Military Forces brass button.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-137-M2018.13

Item type

Material

Width

180 mm

Height or length

250 mm

Depth

50 mm

Themes

War and Conflict

Inscriptions and markings

The base shell casing has the stamped date 1941.

Contextual Information

Given by Robert Edward Poore. Used in Wireless Hill exhibition Home Front/War Front: Melville's War Stories 2015

Keywords

Year

1941

City of Melville Museums

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