postcard, woven, postcard
Accession Number
NAM.2001-05-224-1
Description
Woven postcard, inscribed, ‘Martyr Ypres’, 1915 (c). Made in France, 1918 (c). Orange, black and grey silk, woven and mounted onto a card frame with a postcard backing. Showing the Cloth Hall, Ypres, on fire, with flames rising out of the roof and the windows; the tower is surrounded by scaffolding. Sent by Tpr Thomas Long, North Irish Horse.
Events
Ypres, 2nd Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
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