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Ypres crucifix
This crucifix is made from bullet cartridges and features the word 'Ypres' above the image of Christ. This is an example of 'trench art', and these would have been sold near battlefields as souvenirs to battlefield tourists and talismans to the soldiers themselves. My grandfather must have bought this in Ypres while he was stationed there. It has been on our family mantelpiece for years, and my si…
Contributors
- Katherine Sanborn
Subject
- World War I
- World War I
Type of item
- Memorabilia
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-09-04 13:42:41 UTC
- 2014-09-04
- 2014-09-04
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 190805
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17537/attachments/190805
Language
- und
- und
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:28:26.945Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- This crucifix is made from bullet cartridges and features the word 'Ypres' above the image of Christ. This is an example of 'trench art', and these would have been sold near battlefields as souvenirs to battlefield tourists and talismans to the soldiers themselves. My grandfather must have bought this in Ypres while he was stationed there. It has been on our family mantelpiece for years, and my sister Louise (named after Thomas's wife, our grandmother) took it around the world and sent it from Portugal so it could be photographed for the roadshow.