From each of BrandNet's limited edition montages, the most significant pieces were retained at release and have remained in the BrandNet Archives, physically sighted and confirmed. Select your preferred Archive Edition from the available numbers above. Each montage is offered individually and priced on its significance, and once sold it cannot be replaced.
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Product Description:
These two montages bookend the entire Australian Army Centenary edition: #0001, the first numbered example, and #2001, the final. Both were retained from the original 2001 project and have been physically sighted and confirmed in the BrandNet Archives. Both are unsigned; their significance lies in their place as the natural pair that opens and closes the 2,001-piece issue.
Created for the Australian Army's centenary in 2001, the montage is a handcrafted, three-dimensional visual history of 100 years of Army service, from the Boer War and both world wars through Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, peacekeeping and East Timor. It combines painting, drawing, archival photography, reproduced documents, campaign ribbons and physical objects, with 30 numbered features in all.
Highlights include a rifle cartridge case recovered from the battlefield at Hamel, the Army's "Fred" ration-pack spoon engraved with the registered number and sealed by Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Cosgrove, a soldier of 2001 painted in oils by defence artist Jeff Isaacs alongside the "ghosts" of earlier generations drawn by Monty Wedd, a three-dimensional paper-tole Australian flag by Fiona Dempsey, and 48 campaign ribbons tracing service from the Queen's South Africa Medal to INTERFET and the NATO Medal.
The project was directed by retired LTCOL Charles Reynolds, with lead design by Stephen Rainey, who remains with BrandNet today as Head of Design. In 2002, $40,000 of proceeds was presented to Legacy.
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