ISLE OF MAN Medal produced at the German Prisoner of War Camp, Douglas c.1916
Lead | 4.5 cm (diameter) | RCIN 446287
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1 medal : lead (wooden case)
Obverse: Inscription on tablet GRINNERUNG / AN DIE / KRIEG SHAFT [translates as 'memento of the War Camp'] Inscription within wreath WELTKRIEG [World War] / 1914 - 1916 / DOUGLAS / ISLE OF MAN
Reverse: A view of the camp, Manx triskelion on a shield above, all within a circle of barbed wireProvenance
Formed part of King George V's War Museum at Windsor Castle, established to display his collection of First World War souvenirs; the King was assisted by the Royal Archivist & Librarian John Fortescue (1859-1933). Many of these objects were loaned to the Imperial War Museum in 1936 at the suggestion of King Edward VIII.
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Medium and techniques
Lead
Measurements
4.5 cm (diameter)
Alternative title(s)
Erinnerung an die Kriegshaft
