Section of the Hedjaz Railway Attacked by Lawrence of Arabia in WW1, large metal rail section mounted onto a polished wooden shield with brass plaques attached, the first ‘PRESENTED TO LONDON POST SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS BY US ARMY ENGINEER DIVISION, MEDITERRANEAN CORPS OF ENGINEERS 11 APRIL 1972’ and the second plaque engraved ‘RAIL SECTION REMOVED FROM THE MEDINA-DAMASCUS RAILROAD AT THE SITE OF A RAID CONDUCTED BY COL T.E.LAWRENCE ‘LAWRENCE OF ARABIA’ DURING WORLD WAR 1, AND NEAR THE SITE OF A CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT AT TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA’. Also accompanied by a screw and nut which was also said to have been removed from the railway but in the 1960’s. Also included are some modern photographs of the railway which appears to have been left untouched until work was constructed on a new railroad and also some modern printed museum cards from the region. An interesting relic from a well known figure from WW1. Colonel T E Lawrence was better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British officer who led the Arab revolt in 1916. His band of guerilla fighters carried out many sabotage missions on supply infrastructure in the desert between 1916 and 1918. He has been immortalised in history as one of the heroes of WW1.