HMAS Anzac (D59) Matchbook

Price: NZ$7.55

Code: BH1260

HMAS Anzac (D59) Matchbook

See all the images for condition in some cases we may need to cut the heads of the matches in the book to send so please ask if this is important to you.

Phillumeny is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers etc. These may be suitable for your collection, or you may just want to frame a few for a display in a themed room or part of your home.

They were an everyday item common in our social history and also an interesting part of our advertising development using packaging, to relate information and messages.

HMAS Anzac (D59) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the destroyer was commissioned in 1951. The ship served on two tours of duty during the Korean War, and attempts to distinguish herself from British ships led to the practice of red kangaroo symbols on Australian warships. During 1956, Anzac served during the Malayan Emergency. Anzac remained in service until 1974, and was sold for breaking a year later.