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A black and white image of a Second World War soldier wearing pajamas in bed. He is doing needlepoint while being directed by a Red Cross worker.
A hand weaved wicker frame around a black and white picture of King George VI in full uniform.
A brass brooch made from a bullet with formed wing shapes.
A picture of former soldiers working in a woodshop.
A wooden toy carving of a horse drawing a dairy carriage. The dairy carriage is painted a dull yellow, orange and red.
Black and white photograph of any former soldiers in civilian clothes standing posing in front of the outside of their workshop.
A white cotton quilt with alternating squares of red crosses and those embroidered names of people who donated money to a war cause. In the middle is a large patch of the Union Jack made of quilted material.
An embroidered colourful peacock sitting on a branch with white flowers and foliage.
A framed colourful and detailed hand-embroidered Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry crest in an oval tan matte.
A yellow-tinted black and white picture of a soldier in a uniform looking resolutely at the camera.
A realistic picture of a soldier in old fashioned pajamas with cap in a bed sewing together a quilt.
A dull-edged blade, acting as a letter opener, is attached to a handle made from a rough shell fragment handle.