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Showing posts with label Historical Items. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historical Items. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2012

Translation Book "Japanese - Tamil" 2602 (1942)

Translation book "Japanese-Tamil" another remarkable book founded in Parit Buntar. Historical soft-cover book was created during 2602 (Japanese Calendar) equal to year "1942" in MALAYA. This book was created intentionally to help our Indian community to be familiar with Japanese Language which was widely used to communicate with Japanese during that era.This book also used to smoother the communication  between 2 (two) parties.
HISTORICAL PIECE!!!!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Glass Plate Negative

A century-old collection of photographs of an Indian family in Malaya was found in PENANG. The rare and fragile glass plate negatives, which dated early 1900's, showed their lifestyle.This particular glass plated dated 1930's.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Postal Route in Malaya during "1921"

Postal route reference used in 1921 in Malaya for "Business" convenient purpose. Rare Collectibles.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Malaya Federation Emblem Motif !!!!


This info document was introduce to Malaya Community 1950's for significance the motif of our emblem. The above version was published in Tamil, which very rare finding. Interesting Collectibles!!!

Monday, March 5, 2012

"Home Guard" Appointment

By December 1948, the strength of the Auxiliary Police had risen to 17000. General Harold Briggs, the Director of Operations decided to form the Home Guard by using selected APs. The role of the Home Guards was to assist the police in food denial operations, checking of ICs, tenant registration etc in the bigger fenced villages and re-settlement new villages. To lend authority to the Home Guard, all its members were issued with this (above) Red Card.
The person above from Parit Buntar and my own grandpa.

(Source from: The Malayan Emergency ReVisited 1948 - 1960 pg.207)