N° d'objet
200302.4.2
Titre
Majenta Hankie
Description
Handkerchief, torn in two and knotted together in the centre. Stored in the blue gauze lined envelope (Army Form A.14) Certificates of Discharged Soldiers, Army Reserve Men, and Discharged Militiamen for Sapper F Hasted's career, with a hand written note "Is a souvenir from the African (Boer) War. This hankie saved a train load of our British soldiers by my husband who tore it in half also knotted it to make it longer". The family believe that Hasted used the handkerchief to warn the approaching train of a mine on the track.
Date
1899 - 1902
Période de création
Boer War, 1899-1902
Dimensions
- Hankie 815 mm
- Width: 175 mm
- Envelope 128 mm
- Width: 100 mm