Номер объектаM2011/063
ОписаниеHandkerchief, cotton, ‘H.M.S. Sydney’, Australia.
This handkerchief has a commemorative printed design with two scrolling banners at the top bearing the phrases ‘Advance Australia’ and ‘for liberty and peace’. The central image is of HMS Sydney on water. To the left of this ship is the Australian flag and to the right is the Australian Navy flag. Underneath the ship is a portrait of a sailor with ‘HMS Sydney’ printed on the band on his cap. To his left is a corvette and to his right, a submarine with three sailors and a naval officer. The handkerchief has been printed using brown, blue, red, yellow and green dye and it has a burgundy border.
The handkerchief probably dates to the time of the Imperial Conference on Defense in London in 1909, when the establishment of an Australian navy was first considered. The tally band of the sailor’s hat reads ‘HMS Sydney’, reflecting the period prior to the formation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911, after which ‘HMAS’ would preceded the ship’s name on the tally band. Four Australian navy ships have been named HMAS Sydney, the first being commissioned in 1913.
This handkerchief has a commemorative printed design with two scrolling banners at the top bearing the phrases ‘Advance Australia’ and ‘for liberty and peace’. The central image is of HMS Sydney on water. To the left of this ship is the Australian flag and to the right is the Australian Navy flag. Underneath the ship is a portrait of a sailor with ‘HMS Sydney’ printed on the band on his cap. To his left is a corvette and to his right, a submarine with three sailors and a naval officer. The handkerchief has been printed using brown, blue, red, yellow and green dye and it has a burgundy border.
The handkerchief probably dates to the time of the Imperial Conference on Defense in London in 1909, when the establishment of an Australian navy was first considered. The tally band of the sailor’s hat reads ‘HMS Sydney’, reflecting the period prior to the formation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911, after which ‘HMAS’ would preceded the ship’s name on the tally band. Four Australian navy ships have been named HMAS Sydney, the first being commissioned in 1913.
Место изготовленияAustralia
Дата 1908 - 1909
Наименованиеhandkerchiefs
Материалcotton
Размерность
- length: 305.00 mm
width: 305.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection