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• paper-bag, war savings: British

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  First World War period British home front shop-issued paper bag, decorated with an image and text in support of a late war (post 1917) War Savings Scheme.

• medal, tank race

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  First World War period unofficial handmade competition medal awarded to Dr J Canovan for his part in a Britsh Army (Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps) tank race which took place on 10 June 1917.

• brassard, standard pattern, British, Tank Corps, Brigade Staff HQ, France

  (uniforms and insignia) 1917

  Tank Corps Brigade Staff brassard of the type approved in August 1917 and declared obsolete in 1921. The Tank Corps was formed in 1917 from the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps. In 1922 the motto 'Fear Naught' and the title 'Royal' were awarded.

• Dop Dopter and D24. Two Tanks, Polcapelle

  (art) Made by: Mudie-Cooke, Olive

  image: a view along a road at Poelkapelle in Flanders, with two disabled British tanks by the roadside. To the right one of the tanks appears to have sunk into the siding, leaning slightly to the side. The tank to the left lies completely on its side,...

• Derelict Tanks

  (art) Made by: Paterson, Emily M

  image: a landscape of a road with the remains of tanks on either side, amongst the trunks of blasted trees.

• A Whippet Tank

  (art) Made by: Adeney, W Bernard 1918

  image: a front view of a light Whippet Tank standing on broken ground with a row of trees in the background. Two heavy tanks are visible in the background, moving left to right.

• The Experimental Depot for Tanks, Dollis Hill, London, N.W.

  (art) Made by: Adeney, W Bernard 1918

  image: A scene showing the outside yard of the Experimental Depot for Tanks. An open-sided workshop stands to the left of the composition with tanks parked inside. Three mechanics are working on the foremost tank within the workshop, viewed by a group of...

• Tanks Out of Action Left on Cambrai Battlefield, October 15th 1918

  (art) Made by: Rose, Geoffrey K (MC) 1918-10-15

  image: a sketch of three knocked out British tanks in a flat, largely featureless landscape.

• View of the Tank Park At Blangy

  (art) Made by: Hill, Adrian

  image: a number of tanks stand beside and in front of a series of large shed structures with open doorways. Three people stand in the centre.

• A Derelict Tank, Ypres

  (art) Made by: Hill, Adrian

  image: a bleak battlefield landscape, with a tank in the centre right on the horizon.