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‘Gerni Weekend Warriors’ is a marketing campaign created by Sydney ad agency MJW to promote Gerni high pressure water cleaners. The television advert features three men dressed as warriors from the past using a Gerni to clean their cars…

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An advertisement for The Medieval Shoppe, a store in NSW which produces and sells replicas of swords, shields, armour, and other historical weapons. The advertisement is shot in black and white and features The Medieval Shoppe crest and five men clad…

The website and advertisements for Four Season Gutter Protection feature four cartoon medieval foot soldiers wearing helmets and brandishing shields and weapons – flails (a type of mace) and spears or pikes. The heads of the weapons are in the…

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This poster advertises two performances of Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ by the Evandale Village Singers in late October 2012 at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Evandale. Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ is a…

Celtic Blood is the debut novel by Australian author James John Loftus, published in July, 2011. The novel is set in 13th century Scotland and the conflict between Anglo-Norman-influenced royal knights living in the lowlands, and independent…

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This billboard in Launceston advertises James Boag’s Draught beer. The logo for the beer features an armoured knight wearing a helmet and thrusting downwards with a spear. Behind him lies a dragon. The inclusion of a dragon suggests that the…

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This pear case label for Viking Brand Fancy Grade Pears is approximately A4-size. It probably dates from 1938 or 1939 (see link below). Viking Brand were exported by W.H. Ikin & Son in Hobart and the produce was from Tasmania. The advert depicts…

The Hungry Jacks television advertisement for their Whopper burger features a segment in which a man in armour is made a knight (or is ‘knighted’ according to the advert). The segment shows the accolade, also known as dubbing, during…
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