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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

TRENCH ART,TOY TANK, GREAT WAR

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c. 1916

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Loan Collection - Museum of The Great Southern

Overview

Trench Art, toy tank from the great war. Hand made from wood with the shape modelled on the MKI Tank from the great war era. It is covered with metal skin fixed with tacks. The two parallelogram shapes for track carriers have copper/bronze shell case sheet worked to represent track. Body between has a gun turret with winged top. A swivel plate at front covering manhole to body of tank. There are machine gun housings at each side. Painted in camouflage style and colours of the early MKI.

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Registration number

cwa-org-51-1987.27

Item type

Keywords

MILITARY HISTORY

Year

c. 1916

Statement of significance

Trench art is important. Shows what soldiers could do with minimum tools.

Public Location

Defence Gallery - WAM Albany, Residency Museum

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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