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What are these leaves ??
What are these leaves ?? These came from a Australian who served at Gallipoli and later killed in France these were with his belongings, they feel like silk but not sure if a plant or made up?? Any ideas would be great.
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They remind me of the Silver Leaf tree we have growing on the mountain slopes here in Constantia, Cape Town. Same shape and silky texture.
Silver leaf tree Leucadendron argenteum (silver tree, silver leaf tree, Afrikaans: Witteboom, or Afrikaans: Silwerboom) is an endangered plant species in the family Proteaceae, which is endemic to a small area of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. ... It is a protected tree in South Africa. Is it possible your guy may have served in the Boer War as well and collected the leaves from a tree here? Last edited by Milmed; 26-08-21 at 11:06 AM. Reason: Adding picture of Silverleaf leaves |
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Leaves from an olive tree?
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I have seen these with messages written on them such as "Greetings from Ladysmith".
Am I correct in that they are often called the "everlasting leaves"? |
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Rosemary ?
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Size of a Rosemary leave is about 1/2 inch and Silver leaf 6 to 9 inches, so definitely not Rosemary. Attached picture in earlier post
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My 'guess' was based on the strong link between ANZAC forces and the wild Rosemary that grew on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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Just a thought, but could they be Australian? I recall an episode of ANZAC Girls were they celebrated ANZAC Day giving each Australian patient and staff a small badge made from leaves one of the nurses had received from home. They looked very much like these leaves. Here's the scene where you can see the leaves being worn. The silver leaf they are also wearing with it is for New Zealand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RRi-1kmB60 Then I saw this Australian badge and that also seemed to fit. Since he served at Gallipoli he may have been in that ceremony??? Terry Last edited by Home Guard; 27-08-21 at 04:12 PM. |
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hope all is well ,those look like gum tree leaves these ones same shape and length but are not them. Thanks Rob |
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After looking at the clip Terry posted and seeing the size of the leaf could they simply be gum leaves ?
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That's me out of ideas !
Why not get in touch with the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria , they could possibly give you a definitive identification of the leaves ? http://www.rhsv.org.au/ .
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