Auckland War Memorial Museum WW1 items

[Dave W]

A number of WW1 items found their way to New Zealand after the war and survive to this day in museums and collections. The Auckland War Memorial Museum has a valuable collection of military exhibits and among its WW1 artifacts are the items illustrated below.


This machine gun is believed to be a war prize for famed Kiwi fighter pilot Keith "Grid" Caldwell
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A 4.5 inch NZ howitzer

A NZ Mounted Rifles trooper and horse offer detail for modellers

A WW1 pilot's leather flying coat for the figure painters


A Wotan propeller from a Siemens Schuckert D.III[

Prop assortment for Avro 504k SE5a and Nieuport 17
All photos (C) David Wilson

[krow113]

Cool pix , thank you.
I thought they had a Becker cannon down there...