tin, tin
Accession Number
NAM.2000-12-401-1
Description
Oxo tin with a bullet hole, containing a spent bullet and a cardboard Oxo cube box. The tin is painted red. Used by Pte Stephen John Alexander Palmer, 1st Bn Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Flanders, France, 1914 (c)-1918 (c). Saved Pte Palmer’s life by stopping bullet whilst in his tunic. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
