Chaps,
These may well be the best examples of their kind you will ever see. A mint condition, probably unissued Australian WW1 tunic dated 1918, and a superb named and dated WW1 Australian slouch hat. Both items are extremely rare, very few survived the war, the depression, the neglect, the other war, and more neglect. Anecdotally, the troops wore the tunics and slouch hats through the depression, and often cut up the felt hats to make tap washers. Makes me want to cry. Very rare, very much in demand and very expensive.
Mike
Private John Hines 'The Souvenir King', 45th Battalion AIF, apparently wanted by the Kaiser for 'war crimes' after his picture was published. As you can see, PTE Hines was one of the founding members of pickelhaubes.com
These may well be the best examples of their kind you will ever see. A mint condition, probably unissued Australian WW1 tunic dated 1918, and a superb named and dated WW1 Australian slouch hat. Both items are extremely rare, very few survived the war, the depression, the neglect, the other war, and more neglect. Anecdotally, the troops wore the tunics and slouch hats through the depression, and often cut up the felt hats to make tap washers. Makes me want to cry. Very rare, very much in demand and very expensive.
Mike
Private John Hines 'The Souvenir King', 45th Battalion AIF, apparently wanted by the Kaiser for 'war crimes' after his picture was published. As you can see, PTE Hines was one of the founding members of pickelhaubes.com
