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razor, cut-throat and pouch

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  • Ingoa Kē

    cut-throat razor in leather pouch [WW1] (descriptive name)

    Bert Cole [12/3532 Bertie LG Cole, Auckland Regiment WW1] (associated name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    cut-throat razor and leather case (Bert Cole), WW1

    pouch: leather pouch with flap at top edge and loop for fastening; stitched with light brown thread

    razor: long steel concave blade that folds into bone handle pinned at end with brass pin

    markings:

    pouch: flap is stamped: HAND SEWN

    owner's name handwritten inside flap: BERT COLE

    makers details on razor blade: BENGALL / --- C-D MANS. SONS / SHEFFIELD ENGLAND

    initials scratched on side of bone handle: "E.B.

  • Wāhi
    Sheffield/South Yorkshire/England
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    1995x2.93 (temporary accession number)

    1995x2.093 (temporary accession number)

  • Wāhanga

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  • razor, cut-throat and pouch, 1995x2.93, 1995x2.093, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • razor, cut-throat and pouch, 1995x2.93, 1995x2.093, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • razor, cut-throat and pouch, 1995x2.93, 1995x2.093, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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