Execution of Arsonists, 1854 (c)
handkerchief, handkerchief
Accession Number
NAM.1999-10-84-1
Description
Execution of Arsonists, 1854 (c). Handkerchief made of cotton, printed in colour with a depiction of a French (?) firing squad taking aim at five bearded men, with a boy and a woman on her knees in the foreground. Title printed in Cyrillic script. Reputedly bought back from the Crimea by Sgt Maj George Burgum, 82nd Foot. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).
Campaigns
Crimean War (1854-1856)