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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  13 Jun 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 667
  14 Jun 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 668 - 941
• Lot #:
  639
• Lot Description:
  [GERMAN P.O.Ws in AUSTRALIA] “Kampspiegel Monatshefte 1918” No. 6 - Sept.1918 (Camp Mirror)
  [Illustrated WWI Periodical For German Prisoners Of War In Australia] Stitch-bound softcover booklet with colour linocut cover, 14 pages, 22.1 x 17.4cm. Publication details include “vol. 1, no. 6, 29 Sept. 1918.” Captioned “Kriegskameraden. Junge Kookaburras” (War comrades. Young kookaburras).
• Notes:
  The cover image is a linocut by K. Wiese of the Holsworthy Internment Camp which was located in Liverpool, NSW, and was the largest internment camp in Australia during WWI. Most internees were from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, staff of German companies temporarily living in Australia, crews of vessels caught in Australian ports, and naturalised and native-born Australians of German descent who were thought to be potential fifth-columnists.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Militaria & Weapons

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