Case 19 - Western Front
Title
Case 19 - Western Front
Audience
Case 19
Collection Items
Shores of the river Mouse after the bombardment
Postcard with print depicting the shores of the river Mouse after the bombardment circa 1914 -1916
Telescope
5 sectioned brass telescope with leather
Telescope Case
leather telecope case with strap
Folding Wire Cutters
Steel folding Wire cutters used to cut barb wire
Christmas tin
Embossed metal tin with hinged lid
Wrist watch
Silver wrist watch with a white dial with outlined numbers all in black except for '12' which is red and also a lid attached with a hinge . There is also another hinged lid on the underside of the watch . The top lid has ingraved inscriptions; …
Holy Bible
Black cover (possibly leather), embossed gold title on spine, thin paper pages with black printed ink. Gold text block of page edges. Inscriptions; handwritten black in ' Presented to / Albert Hawtin / from the members of the / (?) Presbyterian…
Brown wooden crib board
Flat rectangular wooden board with 132 small holes going through the body of the wood and 6 parallel lines scored into the surface(middle two lines deviated into 4 overlapping lines). Sticker adhered to back with provenance, loose lined card with…
Entrenching tool handle
wood tool with metal (iron) support ring. Inscription "H. L. 1941?"