Inventarnummer
201204.17
Titel
Handkerchief of Eva Briggs
Beschreibung
A World War Two-era square embroidered handkerchief with a broad red, blue and yellow tartan border and a cream-coloured square centre. There is an embroidered RE badge in the bottom left-hand corner orientated towards the corner with the words 'ROYAL ENGINEERS' embroidered beneath. The handkerchief has been folded three times to form a small rectangle. The handkerchief belonged to Eva Briggs sent 'here' (the UK) from Italy by her brother for Norman Briggs during World War Two.
Datum
1939 - 1945
Entstehungszeitraum
World War Two
Material
Format
- Height: handkerchief 255 mm
- Width: 255 mm
- Height: border 28 mm
- Width: 255 mm
- Height: centre 220 mm
- Width: 201 mm