WAR memorabilia owners flocked to Pyrenees House on Friday to have their pieces examined and learn how to best take care of them.
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The event is part of a state-wide Victorian government initiative being delivered by the University of Melbourne Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation.
Some of Australia’s top preservation and conservation experts handed out advice on how to make sure letters, medals, uniforms and other items survive for future generations.
Judy Leggett brought in a collection that included medals from her family members.
“I’m not interested in the monetary value, just the historical value,” she said.
Greg Carroll brought in a collection of documents related to his great uncle Charles Francis Izzard, who was captured in Europe during World War One.
Mr Izzard’s pay books recorded that he worked in a German sawmill while a prisoner of war.
The Roadshow was designed to help preserve Australia’s wartime history, from the Boer War to the most recent conflicts, and give families and communities the tools to care for their memorabilia at home.