Wall hanging ['Souvenir of Great War']

Object detail

Accession number

2014.71

Description

A cream silk wall hanging marked souvenir of Great War'. 'Liberty & Peace' 'A scrap of paper' Treaty in centre with six red seals and signatures. Lion with four flags and pictures of ships, mounted cavalry, cannons, soldiers and aircraft. Pictures around all sides of promient figures (clockwise from top centre): Lord Kitchener, General French, General Hoffre, Grand Duke Nicholas; King of Servia, Czar of Russia, General Botha, Gen. Smith Dorrien, Gen. D. Henderson, Gen. Allenby, Col. Sam Hughes, King of Belgium, General Leman, Lord Landsdowne, Rear Admiral Beatty, Hon. W. Churchill, Lord Fisher, Admiral Jelicoe, Gen. Douglas Haig, Sir Edward Grey, Pres. Poincare, Hon. A. Bonar Law, Hon. H. H. Asquith, Lord Roberts, Maharajah of Behar, Viceroy of India, King George V, Mikado.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Textile/Silk

Collection

Textiles Collection

Credit Line

Wall hanging ['Souvenir of Great War'], 2014.71. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Handkerchief Personal Artefacts Personal Gear Personal Assistive Artefacts

Collection type

Domestic Textiles Domestic Technology Technology

Subject auto tags

World Organism Handwriting Triangle Font Art Pattern Creative arts Illustration Paper

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