Henry Mayer's Port Moresby's Micro History:
Religious & Personal Items

Two km's north of wards drome, on the edge of morata suburb is a  low lying hill streching approx 200 mtrs long. All over it are cement floors and dirt squares marking former tent sites. From all the recovered badges it appears to have been a a.force camp.
All the finds i've made in relation to wards drome have come from this hill including those below.

*Two honolulu rapid transit co. tokens (5th,6th from r.bottom)
*Oval- idol of hawaii-copper pendant (below pencil)
*Silver st chris Pendant (this one you know)
*large copper crucifix
*Costume ring (with glass stones)
*Steel crucifix (above r.honolulu token)
*Copper ring(middle bottom row)
*Silver pentagon -mary pendant
are all from this (morata) hill.

Found at durand drome are:

*The pencil stamped -u.s government-(has name:w.j.cayman inscribed)

*Two mississipi tax tokens(bottom-with square center holes)

*Alabama tax token with round center hole

*Savanna elect & power co. token(with s at center)

*S.C electric & gas co.(l of savanna token)

*All the tie clips (on the right)

*Silver st sebastian/patron saint of soldiers(to r. of silver pineapple charm)

*Round almn -scorpio- lucky charm (below pineapple)

*St chris pin on badge

*Round Lutheran army & navy commission pendant(above mis/ala tokens)

*St sebastian pendant(r. of hawaii pendant)

* 2 x oval mary charms

The crucifix cut out of a/craft perspex was found out at schwimmer drome area along with 2 almn st chris charms(above top tie clip)

Found at 13 mile on the sogeri road
*The round air/land/sea pendant (l. bottom)
*Copper crucifix(l. of perspex cross)
*Silver canoe and pineapple charms
*Silver ring with missing stone
*St sebastian pendant (r. of savanna token)
*Franciscan monastery -wash d.c crucifix (above perspex cross)

Found in the Bootless Bay area were
*Jap almn coin (1st on l. bottom)
*Siver ring with green stone)
*Round copper -austral mang pendant below silver ring

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