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- Elephant goad (ankus), 1802 (c)
- Object name(s):
- goad, elephant
- Brief description:
- Elephant goad (ankus), 1802 (c).
Indian armies used elephants for centuries. The armies of the East India Company adopted this practice, and elephants were particularly useful for moving heavy artillery. The mahout (driver) would use the goad for steering and controlling the elephant.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Equipment, general
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- goad, elephant
- Object number:
- NAM. 1952-05-7-2
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c2cb5875-2263-3371-9e41-5e331b1dc96c
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- Title:
- Battledress trousers, 1941 (c)
- Object name(s):
- trousers
- Brief description:
- Battledress trousers, 1941 (c).
Wool serge battledress resembled workman’s overalls, it was worn by the British Army from the 1930s to the 1960s. It was usually worn in cooler climates. Trousers like this were worn by the British Army during the Second World War (1939-1945).
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery
- Object name:
- trousers
- Object number:
- NAM. 1978-08-1-16
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3a97547c-a244-35d0-8ab3-d76f9c56ef0e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Cap Badge, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940 (c)
- Object name(s):
- cap badge
- Brief description:
- Cap Badge, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940 (c).
This badge consists of an eight-pointed star with the royal cypher of the reigning monarch (in this case King George VI) within the Garter. The corps title is inscribed below.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- cap badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-12-18-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/58695d1b-643d-3034-9aaf-29ea6f57949d
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Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/58695d1b-643d-3034-9aaf-29ea6f57949d, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- British Empire Certificate of Identity of Maud Brown, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
- Object name(s):
- identity certificate
- Brief description:
- British Empire Certificate of Identity of Maud Brown, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
Brown, of Heywood, Lancashire, enlisted in 1917 during World War One (1914-1918). Her papers give her profession as a general clerk and religion as Baptist.
From a collection of documents relating to Maud Brown (1897-1956), Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- identity certificate
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-30-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ad8e1b05-4045-3c0e-9bd0-74ba14037c9e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Scrapbook by Dame Florence Simpson, Controller in Chief, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
- Object name(s):
- scrapbook
- Brief description:
- Scrapbook by Dame Florence Simpson, Controller in Chief, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps.
This scrapbook contains documents, pages of newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to the work of women during World War One (1914-1918). It includes details about the work of the Women’s Legion and Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in Britain and France.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- scrapbook
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-78-23
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/79ed59e7-fef7-3e15-b87d-f3b458671112
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Rate of exchange between Franc and Sterling, January to November 1919
- Object name(s):
- currency
- Brief description:
- Rate of exchange between Franc and Sterling, January to November 1919.
This note belonged to Miss Georgina J Baxter of Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps who served in France in 1917-1919.
From a collection of papers of Miss G J Baxter, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1920.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- currency
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-238-12
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7d5ad345-87b0-383e-94cb-82aa9e20d4aa
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Brixia Model 35 mortar bomb, Italian Army, 1939 (c)
- Object name(s):
- bomb, mortar, model 35, BRIXIA
- Brief description:
- Brixia Model 35 mortar bomb, Italian Army, 1939 (c)
The Brixia Model 35 was a light mortar used by the Italian Army during World War Two (1939-1945). The bomb exploded on impact, showering the target with steel fragments. It had a high rate of fire, but its fragmentation was limited, reducing its effectiveness.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ammunition
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery
- Object name:
- bomb, mortar, model 35, BRIXIA
- Object number:
- NAM. 1989-09-12-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ddb90eb1-5f7a-3c08-bb6a-d64587e59dba
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Character certificate of Worker Gladys Kate Ballard, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1920
- Object name(s):
- character certificate
- Brief description:
- Character certificate of Worker Gladys Kate Ballard, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1920.
This Army Form W.3677 states that Ballard’s work as a clerk with the corps was ‘very excellent and exemplary’ and that her character was ‘excellent’. She had enrolled in London on 26 May 1917 and was discharged on 6 March 1920.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- character certificate
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-20-5
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/440f2e11-b6ac-307d-89da-ce4e6cbe6657
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/440f2e11-b6ac-307d-89da-ce4e6cbe6657, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- ANZAC dance card, 25 April 1919
- Object name(s):
- card
- Brief description:
- ANZAC dance card, 25 April 1919.
This Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) dance card commemorates the fourth anniversary of the landing of troops on Galipoli. The dances listed include the ‘Grand March Waltz’, ‘Maxina’, ‘Alberts’, ‘Destiny Tango’ and ‘Boston Two Step’.
From a collection of papers of Miss G J Baxter, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1920.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- card
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-238-7
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ee302781-dae2-3c6b-8f1a-eb714c0d1be2
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) bicycle, 1960 (c)
- Object name(s):
- bicycle, NAAFI
- Brief description:
- Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) bicycle, 1960 (c).
Made by Hercules, Birmingham, England, seat made by Wrights.
The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) were created in 1921 to run recreational establishments needed by the British Armed Forces, and to sell goods to servicemen. It also ran clubs, bars, shops, restaurants and cafés for the troops.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Vehicles
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- bicycle, NAAFI
- Object number:
- NAM. 2000-10-76-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/658adf47-ff0f-3fb7-bb6c-fab7b45037a0
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1965 (c)
- Object name(s):
- cap badge
- Brief description:
- Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1965 (c).
This badge depicts Chiron, the centaur of Greek mythology, within a wreath with a crown above. Below the wreath is a scroll inscribed with the unit title. The centaur, a man with a horse’s body, represents the Corps’ role in providing the Army with horses under the direction of man.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- cap badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 1985-06-124-3
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/568ada84-45c8-3f72-aceb-de377d0ad31b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- ‘Users are Losers’, Army Compulsory Drugs Testing information poster, 1996
- Object name(s):
- poster
- Brief description:
- ‘Users are Losers’, Army Compulsory Drugs Testing information poster, 1996.
Poster produced by Services Sound and Vision Corporation and Army Drugs Education, 1996.
The poster is a spoof film advert, ‘Users are Losers’, ‘Starring b. A. Loser & A. No-Hoper’.
Today soldiers undergo compulsory drug testing, despite the use of illegal drugs being less common amongst soldiers than civilians. Any soldier found using illegal drugs is dishonourably discharged from the Army.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Soldier Gallery
- Object name:
- poster
- Object number:
- NAM. 1996-06-139-16
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3aaeda7e-6e22-368e-9155-ea42437cda9a
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918 (c)
- Object name(s):
- postcard
- Brief description:
- Members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918 (c)
Postcard, World War One (1914-1918), 1918 (c).
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed in 1917 to free up valuable and experienced soldiers from the rear areas for front line service. The women of the WAAC replaced them, undertaking a variety of roles that were crucial to the war effort.
One of four postcards from collection of Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps related items of E M Harrison.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- postcard
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-67-4
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/339886c4-b91c-39fd-abf5-0eb97ba945e5
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge.
- Object name(s):
- Beret badge
- Brief description:
- Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge.
The Royal Army Medical Corps was established as the Medical Staff Corps in 1884 and in 1898 was renamed the Royal Army Medical Corps. The Corps was granted it’s motto and badge by Queen Victoria in 1902. The design was drawn from Greek mythology and features the staff of Asclepius. Asclepius was a Greek god associated with medicine and healing. It has since been adopted worldwide as the symbol of the medical profession.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- Beret badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2018-07-25-46
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c81a3663-81f1-3e42-86a5-db8054b529b8
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button 1839-1860, crown over SIH (Jennens and Co, London), large
Associated with 1st Scinde Horse (1846-1885).
Material: white metal
Design: Guelphic Crown
From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-15-9
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a9b184e8-7687-3c88-b437-05278d83730d
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- pouch belt plate
- Brief description:
- Pouch belt plate, 5th Bombay Cavalry, 1885-1903
Crown over wreath with monogram SH in centre
Material: bronze
Design: flat topped Imperial Crown
From the J L Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- pouch belt plate
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-15-12
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01856251-2a6e-3ec1-bc39-108b93cc7623
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01856251-2a6e-3ec1-bc39-108b93cc7623, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- cap badge
- Brief description:
- Cap badge pre 1903, bugle horn with elaborate string, 25 between strings
Associated with 25th Bombay Rifles (1901-1903).
Material: blackened brass
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- cap badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-32-103
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b20c7372-2719-332c-921d-2f078ad7f108
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title 1903-1922 – 125 joined at bottom, on red cloth ground
Associated with 125th Napier’s Rifles (1903-1922).
Material: blackened brass
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- shoulder title
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-32-117
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6c49623d-5fe0-3e28-8f67-5538c0639916
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title pre 1901, ‘XIII’ joined top and bottom
Associated with 13th (The Shekhawati) Regt Bengal Infantry (1885-1901).
Material: brass
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- shoulder title
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-32-130
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/90dfa74f-853d-3c45-b38e-72753d66b541
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Major general’s full dress coatee, Army Staff, 1799 (c).
- Object name(s):
- coatee
- Brief description:
- Major general’s full dress coatee, Army Staff, 1799 (c).
The rank of general was indicated by the position of the loops and buttons on the coatee - singly placed for a general, in threes for a lieutenant general and pairs for a major general.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- coatee
- Object number:
- NAM. 1979-02-45-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e1b2dd74-2dcd-391d-b4ca-d01e313b0460
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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