N° d'objet
201204.17
Titre
Handkerchief of Eva Briggs
Description
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.
Date
1939 - 1945
Période de création
World War Two
Matériel
Dimensions
- Height: handkerchief 255 mm
- Width: 255 mm
- Height: border 28 mm
- Width: 255 mm
- Height: centre 220 mm
- Width: 201 mm