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I always try to finish a story once I get my teeth into it.the story below is quite remarkable as it as opened up a bit about the Anzac history that was lost (and it needs further research)
A friend of a friend of mine found the box in the story below
This damp and dilapidated box containing ANZAC commissioned 'Gallipoli' matchbox covers was discovered at a former Birmingham silversmiths during late 2000. The building in Albion Street, Birmingham B1 was being demolished as part of a local area development. The area in which this box was found had been walled up since 1944 following WWII bomb damage. The fragments of paperwork found with the consignment of approx. 120 silver plated matchbox covers gave no clue as to why they had not been shipped to the customer. E-mail enquiries to the 4th Battalion ANZAC Museum have to date, yielded no response. The partly filled box is assumed to have lain undisturbed since the covers were completed in 1919. Many of the covers were damaged beyond repair.
A friend of a friend of mine found the box in the story below
This damp and dilapidated box containing ANZAC commissioned 'Gallipoli' matchbox covers was discovered at a former Birmingham silversmiths during late 2000. The building in Albion Street, Birmingham B1 was being demolished as part of a local area development. The area in which this box was found had been walled up since 1944 following WWII bomb damage. The fragments of paperwork found with the consignment of approx. 120 silver plated matchbox covers gave no clue as to why they had not been shipped to the customer. E-mail enquiries to the 4th Battalion ANZAC Museum have to date, yielded no response. The partly filled box is assumed to have lain undisturbed since the covers were completed in 1919. Many of the covers were damaged beyond repair.