[1][2][3] Its woven steel strands honours the soldiers who died in the conflict and remembrance poppies can be placed onto the filigreed structure.

[2][3] In front of the wreath are two seed pods based on the Australian casuarina and Turkish pinecone, hand carved from light-coloured granite and symbolising the future and friendship.

[3] The monument has a height of 3.8 metres and around its base are words [4] from Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk regarding reconciliation.

[1][2] In 2014, the monument was commissioned by the Victorian RSL's Turkish Sub-branch and Matthew Harding, a sculptor designed and was tasked with its construction.

[1][2][3] Harding stated that the monument represented "the most poignant and most powerful part of remembrance services – the laying to rest of the fallen and the placing of the wreath".