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Collections - Souvenirs

 

bulletCrimean War - Regimental Lion set upon Sebastopol rock
bulletCrimean War - Snuff box made from the wood from a Russian gun carriage
bulletHelp us with this mystery miniature coffin.
bulletBoer War Biscuit sent home to Lancaster
bulletCentury Old Biscuit made by the Hindu Biscuit Company, Delhi
bulletCarved Bones - Prisoner of War Camp, Lancaster
bulletCarved Bones - Prisoner of War Camp, Lancaster, City Museum Collection
bulletCigarette cards and silks
bulletDoll
bulletTable Napkin, Royal Review of Troops, 1909
bullet1st/5th Battalion First World War Souvenir Card, 1919
bulletQueen Victoria's New Year Gift, 1900 Chocolate Box.
bullet Princess Mary's Gifts to the Troops, 1914
bulletRowntrees Cocoa Tin which saved Sergeant William's life.
bulletBriggs Transfer for Sewing Regimental Badges.
bulletButton Locket
bulletSweetheart Badges
bulletSweetheart Items
bulletSweetheart Postcards
bulletEmbroidery items
bulletPatriotic Framed Photograph, First World War
bulletAutograph Album, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own, 1915
bulletChristmas Gifts, First World War
bulletPen holder picked up at Dunkirk, 2nd June 1940
bulletChristmas Cards
bulletPrisoner of War Radio, Second World War
bulletSecond World War - Japanese Cap, Burma 1944
bulletSouvenir Pennant, Football Match, Trieste, 1945
bulletCigarette Box, British Zone Germany. 1953
bulletPostage Stamps
bulletJubilee Tin 2012
bulletModel Soldier - Peninsular War Period
bulletModel Soldier - First World War
bulletCrucifix and bullets from the First World War picked up in the Second World War.
bulletAshtrays
bulletCuff Links
bulletTie Pins

Presentation Items to Soldiers

bulletClock to Warrant Officer Class 1 Ralph Reginald Ralph, 1940 on commissioning.

Gifts sent home by soldiers

bulletPrivate Ernest Hodgson, 1st King's Own, Hong Kong, 1955-56
bulletBoer War Biscuit sent home to Lancaster by Private Samuel Cooper, 1900.
bulletMessage in a Bottle, August 1914

 

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