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Actions Displays	wrist watch with handmade, engraved metal band Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2007/087:038 Titlewrist watch with handmade, engraved metal band DescriptionWristwatch belonging to Alfred Davis, an Australian Jewish serviceman and pilot who served as a wireless interpreter and intelligence officer in WWII. The maker of the timepiece itself is unidentified, but the band is handmade from metal salvaged from WWII aircraft. The band is engraved with a floral pattern and the names of places where Alf served: New Guinea, 1944; Leyte, 1944; Biak, 1944; and Manila, 1945. Production date circa 1945 SubjectJews in military, Royal Australian Air Force, engraving Object namewatches Materialmetal, glass Dimensions watch face width: 20.00 mm height: 25.00 mm band diameter: 60.00 mm width: 25.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred (Alf) Israel David via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2007

Object numberM2007/087:038

Titlewrist watch with handmade, engraved metal band

DescriptionWristwatch belonging to Alfred Davis, an Australian Jewish serviceman and pilot who served as a wireless interpreter and intelligence officer in WWII. The maker of the timepiece itself is unidentified, but the band is handmade from metal salvaged from WWII aircraft. The band is engraved with a floral pattern and the names of places where Alf served: New Guinea, 1944; Leyte, 1944; Biak, 1944; and Manila, 1945.

Production date circa 1945

SubjectJews in military, Royal Australian Air Force, engraving

Object namewatches

Materialmetal, glass

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred (Alf) Israel David via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2007

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